Women Are Defined By Their Biography, And

I Have A Great Ability To Improvise Verbally And I Am Very Funny On A Dime.

All My Friends Are Artists, So I Am Used To Collective Agony As A Mode.

As A Citizen Of The Post-historical Variety, I Am In Continual Mourning And Prepared For Worse.

I Know California Isn't A Real Destination. You Can't Get There From New Jersey, Not Simply By Following A Line Drawn On A Map. The Process Of Arrival Is More Subtle And Complex. It Involves Acts Of Contrition. You Must Appease The Gods. You Must Find Novel Forms Of Penance. You Must Tattoo Your Children And Look At The Wonder. It's About Conjuring And Awakening And Intuitions You Wish You Never Had.

Women Have Waited Millions Of Years, Growing Separate As Another Species, With Visions And Priorities No Man-words, No Man-measurements Can Comprehend.