#7 - by Alicia - Upcycled Words

some things don't need a name (7/100)

I kept putting off writing another post for when I had time to flesh out an idea, to give it the space to grow and massage it in my hands. Words would only come out in all or nothing solidarity, which left me with nothing. There’s now a pile of ideas sitting at my bedside ready to rot. I went to a poetry reading last week. I watched a woman steer my applause and orchestrate poets in a way that felt like a show hidden in itself. I sat for two hours in this manufactured space, captivated by the ever rotating character in front of a mic. Blink, and goth girl turned to divorced dad. Each poet…

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