OMG. I can’t LOL seem to LIKE stay focused ROFL on anything LIKE or anyone LMAO. Oh. Meh. Geh. Text meh. Seriousleh. LIKE. Don’t call meh. Text meh. Seriousleh.
Say something to a teen this week (even if they’re in their 30s).
(TGIS: thank God it’s Smonday)
Poem by Taylor Mali.
Beautiful, artful, funny, sad, and true. Thank you for sharing this poem.
It seems like the declarative sentences began drifting into questions in the 1970s with “Valley girl” speak which ended every sentence with a questioning tone of voice. Instead of the authoritative “drop” in tone, a la Walter Cronkite, the voice pitched upward and left the listener hanging . . . in an space.
There’s something beautiful about wonder, openness, and questioning. But, only when alternating with commitment, focus, and risk. Without these other qualities, wondering turns into wandering aimlessly . . . you know?