Status Updates From Unravelling

“And I don’t know why it stayed with me, except that even then, I sometimes squirmed inside my skin as if it were a wool dress on a blistering hot day, and I knew what it was to want to leave yourself behind.”

“Things I have made with my hands are everything in this world: my brooms sweep, my baskets hold trinkets, my preserves draw children with their colors and put sweetness in their throats. This is how touch travels, from me to you to you.”

“Instead, I found a place where I was the only person breathing. It was either a lovely feeling or a sad one— I couldn’t quite decide.”