January 2010
22 posts
Write one leaf about red wine.
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It was boxed wine in a water bottle. Chugged down like a teenager would, and in fact, did. It was sweet, but mostly in a sour, absurdly bitter way. A water bottle, it turns out, is too much. I soon sacrificed it to the porcelain god as quickly as I’d downed it, and spent the rest of the evening banished to the end of a bed like a sick dog, surrounded by feet. I stayed...
Write one leaf about tea
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A thick mug that you hold with two hands. The sharp smell of herbs: a taste of earth. Oozing golden rivers of honey stirred in like ribbons with a clinking musical spoon. It tastes like heat. It tastes like health and steam. The tongue is timid but the throat gulps it down.
Write one leaf about holding hands.
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this is perfect! i’m gonna try to do these, become a better/more frequent writer. RESOLUTION READY GO!
We use our hands to explore, to learn how the world bends and bumps along. They fold together with ease like perfect peachy bricks on a cobblestone path, picking up where the other leaves off to stretch for miles and miles. One thumb always closes the circle,...
