Reading Is Entering Into The Consciousness Of

I Feel Safe With Him Because He Is So Not My Ideal And I Feel Like I Can Be Myself Because I'm Not In Love With Him.

By Reading This Message You Are Denying Its Existence And Implying Consent.

I Reveled In The Smallness, The Coziness Of An Upstairs Bedroom In A Traditional American Cape Cod House The Half-floor That Forces You To Duck, To Feel Small And Naive Again, Ready For Anything, Dying For Love, Your Body A Chimney Filled With Odd, Black Smoke. These Square, Squat, Awkward Rooms Are Like A Fifty-square-foot Paean To Teenage-hood, To Ripeness, To The First And Last Taste Of Youth.

Michigan, With Its Delicious American Name. How Lucky One Must Be To Live There.

In America, The Distance Between Wanting Something And Having It Delivered To Your Living Room Is Not Terribly Great.