Does she get hiccups?

As the years passed, I became increasingly shackled by the mundane—drained by its repetitive cycle.

After many years, I have randomly realised that I get hiccups less often than I used to. As I quietly sit on my chair sipping tea, which tends to be a bit too strong for most people’s liking, I find myself wondering, looking blankly at the dust-covered trees in my neighbourhood cleansing themselves in the unceasing July rain, if what we were told as kids were somehow true. That you get hiccups if you are missed.