December 2009
"Taboo"
by Nina Suba
In this game, there are words I cannot say. Like if I mean Bill Clinton, I can’t say President or United States. Or if snowball, I can’t say winter or fight Or any other word at the top of my mind - Unless you say it first. I must hold the tip of my tongue And find a way around words, Tell you about pain, for instance, By recounting the sadness of the stars on moonless...
on the bright side:
coming home
I look at the two words, the ten letters, three syllables perplexed. There’s something there, but I don’t know what yet.
Twilight Inspired Sex Toy →
miss you.
I want to go back. (when I first typed that it came out as “home”)
weird.
P.S. Write back ASAP.
When Lorrie Moore visited my school she had a quick question and answer session that was just for creative writing students. I snuck in so I could listen to a real writer talk all about what she did and why.
Someone asked what she thought one should do when they have ‘writer’s block.’ She told them that they should do something else, that obviously writing was not for them.
...
“The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms”
– Kurt Vonnegut
What I have done since updating this piece of...
Almost finished my first semester at Bryn Mawr College
Stopped having unhealthy relations (in general)
Started sleeping with Edgar Allan Poe & William Shakespeare
Written papers, taken quizzes, and read books
Met.
Broken something on accident
Missed home
Cleaned my room
Made my room messy
Cleaned my room
Made my room messy
Repeat
Downloaded.
Laid.
Disposables.
Got...