![]() We starve ourselves so we can fit into the perfect pair of jeans, we pollute our bodies with drugs to increase our muscles so we'll look ripped without a shirt. We shave our legs and pluck our eyebrows and slather our bodies with creams and lotions. ![]() You'll stick you tongue in his mouth or her mouth or their mouth, and let them reciprocate without stopping to consider where else their tongue has been, or whether they're giving you mouth herpes or mono or leftover morsels of their tuna-salad sandwich. You wouldn't let a stranger off the street spit into your mouth, but you'll swap saliva with the boy or girl who makes your heart race and your pits sweat and gives you boners at the worst fucking times. When you break down the things we do every day to their component pieces, you begin to understand how ridiculous they are. Th ink about the absurdity of brushing your teeth, of arguing with your mother over the appropriateness of what you're wearing to school, of homework, of grade-point averages and boyfriends and hot school lunches. ![]() Th e one that whispers you should give up, give in, that tomorrow won't be better than today. Think about all those little rituals that sustain you throughout your dayfrom the moment you wake up until that last, lonely midnight hour when you guzzle a gallon of NyQuil to drown out the persistent voice in your head. BOTH ARE EQUALLY TERRIFYING.Ĭonsider your life for a moment. TWO POSSIBILITIES EXIST: EITHER WE ARE ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE OR WE ARE NOT. ![]()
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