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Two more things to say.

Firstly: I got a bunch of KITH tickets in the mail last night. I opened them and a wave of pure joy came flying out of the envelope and crashed around my head and neck and shoulders, soaking my hair and the top of my nightgown with its goodness.

Secondly: I need a tutor to teach me how to read poetry. No, seriously. My professor becomes increasingly frustrating. I still like him and his mannerisms and his lovely long beard, but he is frustrating me. Are there any volunteers? I need remedial poetry 101. We need to cover the basics: What is poetry? What makes something a poem? Why do we read poetry? Do we need to dissect the meaning of every poem like it is a puzzle and like we are Sherlock Holmes, or are some poems purely about aesthetic pleasure, sound/shape/rhythm? How do we know what we need to dissect and what we don't? What is the importance of line breaks? What is prose poetry and what makes it different from regular prose? Why am I so stupid? Why did I leave high school at age fifteen and why am I stuck now desperately trying to fill in the huge gaps in my education by begging my friends to throw crumbs of knowledge at me?

Why are you in Tavie's head? 11:09 AM | shower me with attention