Prof. Suki

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Suki Wessling is a writer and radio host. See her other self at @babblery.substack.com.

I wish I could become a flea leaping into the air I wish I could be an eagle soaring through the sky I wish I could write as fast as a peregrine falcon I wish I could bounce on a soft and cushiony cloud I wish I could have the screech of a howler monkey I am crazy like pizza being smeared on a wall I am beautiful, the sunrise over the beach I am elegant as a dancer I am big as a whale I am a cat, graceful and sly I am sharp as a fox I see three even lines etched into the side of a grey car I see rosemary that wraps around butterfly weed as if trying to strangle it I see five pairs of blue sneakers and one of flowery rainboots I see two trees that court death with every moment I see the not-quite-even stride of trying to forget I feel like an over-stuffed tote bag that is too full, still holding together anyway I feel like an eagle, soaring above the clouds I feel like I have just eaten a huge cotton candy, with extra sugar on top I feel like a giant ship lost at sea I feel calm, a sleepy duckling in a picturesque pond I think thoughts I think, “Why was I created?” I think babies secretly know everything, but take a vow of silence until they turn three and forget everything I think that the way to define sandwich is to use the cube rule which classifies food based on the location of starch (like bread or a tortilla) on the six sides of a cube, defining a “sandwich” as any food with starch on the top and bottom (two opposing sides), and that adding or removing starch turns the food item into one of these five other options: toast (starch on one side), taco (three sides in a U shape), sushi (four sides in an “O” shape), quiche (starch on five sides), and calzone (starch on all sides) I think I misunderstood the assignment...