More Inspiration from Writers, Poets, and Other Artists
To some, the fixation on one misused adjective might sound like an unimportant game of semantics. But one's understanding of words defines one's relationship with them, a relationship of profound importance, capable of shaping one's worldview and modulating one's actions."
- Mohammed El-Kurd, Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal
Legitimate Target
has sixteen letters
and one
long
abominable
space
between
two
dehumanising
words."
- Pádraig Ó Tuama, The Pedagogy of Conflict
Knock ’em dead, big guy. Go in there
guns blazing, buddy. You crushed
at the show. No, it was a blowout. No,
a massacre. Total overkill. We tore
them a new one. My son’s a beast. A lady
-killer. Straight shooter, he knocked
her up. A bombshell blonde. You’ll blow
them away. Let’s bag the broad. Let’s spit-roast
the faggot. Let’s fuck his brains out.
That girl’s a grenade. It was like Nam
down there. I’d still slam it though. I’d smash it
good. I’m cracking up. It’s hilarious. You truly
murdered. You had me dying over here
Bro, for real though, I’m dead.”
― Ocean Vuong, "Old Glory," Time is a Mother
