Dear sweet friend,
A list to be read out loud:
Pig,Â
slop,Â
corn,Â
barn,Â
slats,Â
petticoats,Â
hair,Â
hairy muff,Â
meat curtains,Â
gloves,Â
apples,Â
seeds,Â
trees.
Scrapes,Â
scraps,Â
bandage,Â
hospital,Â
muse,Â
nurse,Â
purse,Â
Merce,Â
hearse.
Lipstick,Â
mother,Â
milk,Â
powder,Â
dry,Â
poke,Â
scratch,Â
dead,Â
burnt.
Pursed,Â
tight,
spool,
needle,
contaminated,
alive,
cultured,
cutlery,Â
sword,
power,Â
weakness,Â
bend.
What are you imagining? Speak it out loud.
Love! (I can’t believe I almost sent this off without Love! Truly, Love! I love you.)
—scotty