Friday, July 27, 2018

Interview response


Fiction's first lie 
is telling you it isn't real,
not rooted in the eyes 
of the writer


We cannot escape 
our hard skulls, 
cannot scrawl with any fingers
but our own


I am soft and I am gentle 
and love everything violently 
-but am I writing myself 
in knots? 


Crystallise,  
purify and desalinate
the words like sea water 
lapping in your mind


Fool me 
with your pretty words 
and I will believe 

every soft vowel you speak
at

2 comments:

  1. Sreedhevi IyerJuly 31, 2018 at 1:20 AM

    Whoa. Darker than I imagined. A shrewd combination of critical thoughts with creative process. Well done

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  2. SidneyAugust 7, 2018 at 6:53 PM

    Thank you, I really connected with some of the feelings that Callie was talking about in her interview.

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