12.27.2008

a taste

what happened?

i left my dress on the floor by the couch.

then what?

i woke up next to a very peaceful looking body

and how did that make you feel?

like a gunshot wound


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we went to the big grey greenhouse when we were fresh as all its contents. everything smelled so good; my nostrils, my face, my fingers—everything was full of life, full of light. you touched a big leaf and said, this looks like a good salad.

5 comments:

DJ Berndt said...

This is awesome.


Word verification is "nonogra", which is a rare condiment found only on the shores of islands where the people who live there are sad and lonely and despairing.

lisa ladehoff said...

'awesome' is such a strong word. are you in 'awe'? yikes!

Ryan W. Bradley said...

i tried to leave a comment earlier and for some reason it didn't work. i no longer remember what i was going to say... but i liked this piece

jillian said...

i think i just read that drunk comment on mass elk suicide for the first time and then the following comment about how you want to be my mom or something

i think that is okay, i like people to pet my hair

lisa ladehoff said...

ryan- thanks. you are cool.

jillian- i completely forgot about that until just now. oops.