ISSUE I: P(art) of the Soul

cry about—she has writer’s block,
one character seems like such a
Mary-Sue, her worry that her voice
is too imperfect, too childish, too
dull. Because sadly, Rita can’t just
be a writer. She’d be fine if she
didn’t have to
worry about
money and
her dentist
parents
who’ve turned
up their noses
at her M.F.A.
She’d be fine if she could just write
and find satisfaction in the catharsis
it brings her. But no, she is a human,
which means she has to worry about
‘‘ Yes, maybe she’d be fine if she
was a robot—emotionless- free of
bothersome feelings.’’
a million other things other than
writing. Rent. Friends. The aunt
who has cancer. Inability to afford
Netflix. Parents. Inability to afford
Netflix. Mean boss. Inability to
afford Netflix.
Yes, maybe
she’d be fine
if she was
a robot—
emotionlessfree
of
bothersome
feelings like self-doubt and sadness
and anger. She could just write...
and write...and write… (But what
could a robot write about? Circuits?)
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