Meaning and value are imposed Upon unsuspecting objects whose existences are ultimately insignificant and otherwise forgettable. Mere objects move in an incalculably small instant from carrying no burden at all to bearing the brunt of all the emotions that exist within one person and, on occasion, between two or more. Their fate is altered...

I don’t mean to hurt your feelings, young man But I have been raised a certain way Taught not to lie simply because it pleases me Not to sit with my legs too wide apart lest I appear less ladylike Not to look too proud in a room full of men with dust for...