Taylor Pannell is an artist, designer, storyteller, and baker. She is the author of several collections including My Bible, Notes to Self, and The Traveller. Her work ignites the imagination, captures emotion, delivers its truths, and dares to ask out loud the questions we're all thinking. Paired with her own brilliant art, her writing will return to you that sense of wonder you thought you lost. -Maureen That ThursdayPrep time: 17 min Time: 10:23 am Pull off the thin sheet still sweating clammy trap stand in front of the fan until I pass out get up again begin frying breakfast. If its august and not a wednesday almost think about you press my phone cut an apple instead about the stiff dough in the refrig- erator which was put there yesterday. Set temperature 3-twenty-five fahrenheit regret quickly on a cookie sheet put all six. Bake until it catches in that nose plasticy melting tucked in smoke the bread is in a boxed hell. Take extinguisher stuff that furnace with white dont stay to watch it die. Let cool out open panes pacing across sidewalks while they interrupt showers piling outside its a red and white spectacle. Try blocking those thoughts headaches and press my temples tell detective while texting you forgot but I couldnt the truck backs away. Cut past my door a couple blocks its still too hot get ice cream not like you cared thats my favorite we ate it last week. Note if you regret not telling that stayed to eat catch into sweating sticky cream smoke you watched judged until today. Try I am not an idiot I dont forget. 4/22/19 |
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