I Will Not Have a Thing 
(After a Katrina Dread)


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KATE IS WORRIED THEY DO NOT HAVE A THING LIKE THEY THINK ELLEN AND JACK DO
SURE I AM THE SAME BUT
I HAVE RESIGNED MY WORRY:


I WILL NOT HAVE A THING


I WILL NOT HAVE THE LUXURY OF DESIGNATION IN A SINGULAR FIELD
I WILL NOT BE REFERRED TO IN RELATION TO A SPECIFIC INTEREST
“OH THAT’S ‘LU’, THEY’RE REALLY INTO X”


I WILL SACRIFICE MASTERING A SINGLE PRACTICE IN ORDER TO ENJOY MORE CRAFTS
I WILL BE A MINIMALIST IN THE WAYS IN WHICH I SPEND MY TIME
WHICH IS TO SAY I WILL SPEND LESS OF IT
THE WORDS WHICH DESCRIBE HOW I SPEND MY TIME WILL ONLY BECOME INCREASINGLY VAGUE, ANNOYING, AND COMPLEX
BUT I WILL FIND THE EXTERNAL NEED TO HAVE A THING MORE ANNOYING THAN EVERYBODY ELSES’ FRUSTRATION WITH MY LACK OF THING


I WILL CHASE MY AMBITION IN EVERY TO EVERY NTH DIRECTION LIKE A STAR EXPANDING OUTWARD
I WILL RECLAIM THE MASTER OF NONE TITLE FROM THAT NETFLIX SPECIAL 
AND DEVOTE MYSELF TO MEDIOCRACY
I WILL FEAR COMMITMENT TO EVERYTHING 
OBVIOUSLY THAT DOESN’T INCLUDE OBSESSION 


I WILL NOT HAVE ONE PORTFOLIO
EACH ONE WILL HAVE CONVOLUTED AND MULTI FOLIATE SECTION HEADINGS
THAT LEAD TO GROUPS OF DISJOINTED WORK 
E.G.


BAD POTTERY THROWN ON MY MOTHERS BASEMENT WHEEL
CAMERA ROLL OUTFIT ASSEMBLAGES STYLED POORLY ON AN UNCOOPERATIVE MODEL
COVERS OF SONGS THAT HAUNT ME AND GRASP AT MEMORIES OF FEELINGS ONCE FELT
PHOTOGRAPHS OF A FORGOTTEN TIME / OF PEOPLE I NO LONGER SPEAK TO
BLOG POSTS NO ONE WILL READ


I WILL NOT HAVE A LOOK OR A STYLE EXCEPT A HERMIT CRAB
LOOKING FOR A NEW SHELL EVERY SNOWFALL
I WILL REFUSE BINGE-SHOPPING AND TREND-UPKEEP


I LET THE PHONE RING AT WORK FOR VARYING INTERVALS BEFORE PICKING IT UP AND 
ALTERNATE BETWEEN LINED PANTS AND THE LEAST PRACTICAL SHORTS
TO WEAR IN THE DEAD OF VERMONT WINTER


I WILL NOT HAVE A THING
A COFFEE ORDER 
A SWEET TALKING BARTENDER’S WORST ENEMY
(DEPENDABLY UNDEPENDABLE)
I WILL NOT BE CLASSIFIED AND CATEGORIZED IN THE WORST WAY POSSIBLE
I WILL NOT CHECK MY SPAM FOLDER BUT
STILL KEEP THINKING THAT PETRA COLLINS WILL SEND ME AN EMAIL


I WILL DONATE ALL MY HANGERS TO THE SUBWAY STEPS
I WILL NOT HAVE ANY OF THE SAME TOP ARTISTS ON MY SPOTIFY WRAPPED 2024


KATE IS WORRIED SHE DOES NOT HAVE A THING LIKE SHE THINKS ELLEN AND JACK DO
BUT I’M WORRIED I DO NOT HAVE NO THING LIKE MY BROTHERS DO
AND I’M NOT THE HOTTEST OF US ANYMORE 
INSTEAD I’M JUST CONFIDING IN YOU


I  WILL ALSO NOT HAVE:


VESUBIO PULCINELLA STOVETOP MILK STEAMER



GIFTED MAPLE SYRUP



WISHNG IT AWAY LETTER-STAMP-ON-WALL INSTALLATION



SCAN OF ANYA’S SUDOKU SOLUTION



SHH TEO IS STILL ASLEEP