“How It Feels”
“Darkness is acceptable and even attractive so long as there is a threshold that is not crossed. But most people I know who suffer, suffer
relentlessly and unendingly no matter what sort of future is proposed (“it’ll get better/it won’t always be this like/you will start to heal/
I know it’s such a cliché but you really will come out of this stronger in the end”).
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Why is it so humiliating to go on and on about something that means a lot to you only to be told, “Wow, you spend a lot of time thinking about stuff, don’t you?”
Or: “So, you’re one of those people who analyzes everything, huh?”
Or: “That’s kind of dark.”
Or worse: “Um … OK.”
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Why are some people’s feelings so repellent and others so madly alluring? …
I don’t know if we, as a culture, feel compelled to extend much sympathy to those who are half alive. Half alive is not dead.”
This was beautiful.
An amazing, fun interview with this poet — https://www.acast.com/anotherround/episode57-shessoglossy-withjennyzhang-?autoplay
