At the 2012 Conference on College Composition and Communication, three well-known scholars of composition led a discussion on a writing exercise they'd assigned themselves. Each wrote for an hour a day for a 30-day month on an everyday object, a consciousness-raising activity that revealed much about the the objects examined and the writers themselves. We've taken it upon ourselves to replicate this exercise and record the results here.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Day 17: Pobject's kitchen countertop
She feels neglected since the kitchen island came.
She misses the slight spray of tomato seeds
dribbling off the edge of the cutting board.
She misses the soft thump of each downstroke
of the carving knife. She misses the light kiss
from a sweaty beer bottle, and the heavy lean
of a drunk party guest. It's no fun being clean
when you'd rather be corrupted.
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