Doo Lally Tap (from the Soul Food Chocolate Box)

The Soul Food Chocolate Box is full of wonderful prompts. The one about imaginary friends sparked this:
“You’ll have to stop this talking to yourself,” my mother said.
“People are saying there’s something wrong with you.”
My immediate reaction was embarrassment and shame. It never occurred
to me to say that I wasn’t talking to myself. If I’d said [...]