Frankly in Love

by David Yoon

Nothing is just any one single thing. In fact, what starts out as one thing can turn out to be something completely different. If you press hard on oobleck, it feels like a solid. Same if you strike it. You can even run across a big trough of oobleck, if for some reason you (a) have a big trough lying around and (b) enough oobleck to fill it. But here’s the weird thing about oobleck: if you gently pass your fingertips through, it yields just like liquid. SO . . . If walls of oobleck block your way, don’t punch and slap and kick all day. Just hold your breath and close your eyes and simply ease yourself inside. Walk slowly through the dark, don’t fear For someday you’ll be far from here.