class is soon and i’ve exhausted all other forms of procrastination. i’ve done all the readings, given appropriate feedback, put on an inappropriate outfit, forgot to have breakfast (i actually had two sleeves of oreos and a handful of multivitamins, as if the two could counteract one another), & i danced to the same playlist that’s been on repeat for the past few weeks. i got a call from my boss asking me to work nine hours per day on the last three days of this year. i said yes eagerly; i don’t know why.
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much adored, much discussed, & pestered endlessly, even after death; the way i would sum her up doesn’t even involve my own words or creativity.
a stranger online, by some circumstantial miracle, facilitated in me one of those once-in-a-lifetime moments of utter illumination & clarity. this stranger had left a comment on a series of photos of Marilyn throughout her life. as clear as a bell, simple & awestruck as describing the weather, the comment read, in full:
“impossible to think that she once walked here.”
reading this was like remembering a dream from the womb. like putting on prescription glasses for the first time. the concision of their idolatry floored me. the summary of her mythology laid out bare, in ten words or less.
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