a sentence starter inspired by the short-story “ THE HUSBAND STITCH ” written by carmen maria machado.
i have always been a teller of stories.
this isn’t how things are done, but this is how i am going to do them.
what thing could you want so badly that they take you away from the known world for wanting it?
there are true things in this world only observed by a single set of eyes.
i have heard all of the stories about girls like me, and i am unafraid to make more of them.
i feel like i know so many parts of you – and now, i will know all of them.
scoffing is the first mistake a woman can make.
the moral of that story, i think, is that being poor will kill you.
the moral is that brides never fare well in stories.
avoid either being a bride, or being in a story.
stories can sense happiness and snuff it out like a candle.
there is a story i love about a pioneer husband and wife killed by wolves.
stories have this way of running together like raindrops in a pond.
i’m sorry. i’ve forgotten the rest of the story.
there are many endings to a story.
my body changes in ways i do not expect. i feel monstrous.
something inside of me is shifting into a strange new place.
pain makes the mind see things differently than they are.
please, don’t make them cut you out of me.
i have given you everything you have ever asked for.
i am not hiding it. it is not yours.
something is lost between us, and i will never find it again.
the answer would be like adolescence: too frightening to forget.
forgiveness tastes sweeter than any candy.
i love you more than you can possibly know.
i feel as lonely as i have ever been.
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