1. All four humors are out of whack.
2. May be experiencing menstruation and, as such, advised against standing.
3. In the event a man impregnates me, I will likely be dead by then.
4. Simply can’t find my good tooth.
5. The apparition of a tubercular boy whose soul is bound to mine makes it impossible to obtain a visa.
6. After inquiring about local politics, I was diagnosed by the family doctor with an overactive mind and prescribed a rest cure until the foreseeable future.
7. Sea salt air is harsh on acidic bones.
8. Father says temperament isn’t well-suited to “too balmy of climates.”
9. Every evening I stare beyond the cliff’s edge, waiting for my long-lost brother to return from sea. I fear the one weekend I am gone for your wedding will be when he returns.
10. The restless Caribbean waves beating against the shore suggest a more profound truth of how trapped I am in a life of domesticity dictated by societal norms that I neither help define nor benefit from.
11. Hotel is not cemetery-adjacent for daily sojourns.