Themes
Short Leash
Is convinced there’s something we can learn from the animals, but so far all she can think of is that you should shut up when someone’s got you on a leash.
Sense of Touch
map of all the places you’ll find around here if you put in enough effort & are willing to travel using only your sense of touch
Settle Down
way too much stuff to carry so it’s probably time to settle down
Sharing
Of course it’s my body, she said, but I don’t mind sharing.
Self-Conscious
He is self-conscious because everyone knows he has wings but they’ve never seen him fly. Now & then there will be a feather in odd places or maybe a footprint to show he was there. All in all, he thinks it’s nobody else’s business what he does with his free time.
Selves to Agree
I think my life would be easier, she said, if I could just get my selves to agree on something.
Sense of Directionlessness
cursed with an unerring sense of directionlessness even when things are going well
Secret Notes
He wrote secret notes to people he hadn’t met yet. Some of them aren’t even born, he said, but we live in a strange neighborhood & they will need help figuring things out & I won’t always be around to explain it to them.
Secret Potion
this is a secret potion that makes you see the world differently & she’s found it safest to use only on the weekends
Secret Warning
He ran quickly with a sound like raindrops & left his handwriting in all the secret places. I found this one underneath the big yellow rock in the garden. It said this: watch out for the little black dog. It can smell when you’ve had hot dogs.
Second Choice
you look like someone from the 70’s, I said & she smiled & said that this time around she’d done it by choice & that made it easier
Second Thoughts
travelling as fast in one direction as she can go before she has second thoughts & goes back to doing the same old stuff
Seconds
This is a bag full of eyes that stopped seeing the amazing stuff a long time ago, so he’s hoping to unload them cheap.
Secret Heart
The secret is not in your hand or your eye or your voice, my aunt told me once. The secret is in your heart. Of course, she said, knowing that doesn’t make it any easier.
Secret Names
After he was quiet a long time, words began to come to him in dreams & told him their secret names & this was the way he learned the true nature of the world.
Scent
When she wore the hat, even many years later, she could always smell her mother’s perfume & it was hard to remember she was supposed to be alone.
Science Bits
this is filled with bits of stuff he learned in science class
Scraps of Magic
These are little scraps of magic & when you paste them together you get a memory of something fine & strong, she said. Sometimes it takes till you’re 40 to see it though.
Saving Up
saving up a bag full of peak moments she’s going to have someday if she can ever get away from all the same old stuff that’s holding her back & you can pretty well guess how it’s going
Scale
this is much bigger than it looks but I’m not too good at drawing to scale