Status Updates From Bitter in the Mouth

My heart is starting to hurt … took my headphones off when I finished reading and the cafe was playing Arthur Russel. Oh whatever. Timely

I feel something lesbian

Reading for class … this is making me sad idk why. Distant nostalgia

I’m really enjoying the pacing and lyricism of this book so far. The idea of being able to taste certain words, or associate taste with certain words is so fascinating and adds an enormous amount of complexity to the speaker’s experience. How does the pleasure derived from the taste of a word compare to its context and use? What happens when a word/name which attracts or connotes violence also brings pleasure?

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