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Un-Ode To Modern Living Part 1 By: Rachelle King on 5/10/2002; 12:26 AM I want to live in a commune Away from abstract bills. There’s someone else’s name on them. My name, but it’s really someone else’s. I would never own a cell phone digital cable, University credit card from that school I never got around to attending. I want to wear animal-friendly clothes, even if they were made in Taiwan. I have to buy what’s cheapest. I have to keep buying to look presentable at work, in social situations, to catch a mate. I would never own a leather belt, leather-bound book, $120 doc martin shoes with non-skid soles clay colored and faded with care. I want walls that all match. No poster and picture clutter. All the same color. No attachment to them. No fondness for their individuality. I would never project such value on pictures of Einstein and quotes from Maya Angelou’s books. I would never have to put them up over and over again. I would never feel so alone without their presence staring back at me. No, that’s someone else. I want one book on one loan shelf until it is read. I would never have half-read books about the socialization of Mexico, dog eared over and over again from having to start at the beginning. I want to not own anything that could be put in small wooden boxes, even if I did buy them from the thrift store down the street. I don't want to smother the smell of energy left behind by the previous owner with the suffocating scent of my sage and cigarettes. I want to not own anything that collects dust and cobwebs, and attracts tiny dark bulbous beings with hairline fracture legs that eventually shatter my nerves into pieces so that I have to end their presence for absolutely no reason. That’s someone else, not me.
RE: Un-Ode To Modern Living Part 1 By: Mark Morgan on 5/10/2002; 12:29 PM Before we publish this: Rachelle, will there be more parts to this?
RE: Un-Ode To Modern Living Part 1 By: Rachelle King on 5/11/2002; 1:07 AM Yes, eventually. You can publish them all seperately. I won't be getting around to any other additions very soon.
RE: Un-Ode To Modern Living Part 1 By: Mark Morgan on 5/11/2002; 9:18 AM No problem, Rachelle. I have set it up so that, in the future, readers can easily navigate between parts.
RE: Un-Ode To Modern Living Part 1 By: Rachelle King on 5/11/2002; 2:40 PM Hey, thanks man! I really appreciate it.
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