Sad! I sent you a self made postcard... the prints i had written of a few wekks ago. I had your address from miah (long story, I can explain later). I didn't really know where to start with the whole penpal thing, so eventually I settled on sending you a print with the words "i'd like that" and a return address. I suppose its my own fault - I had never sent a print by itself in the mail before, so I guess this was sort of a failed experiment. Next time, envelope. My address at school is 809 s. franklin, Apt 3 Normal, Il 61761. I will be moving to an as yet unknown location mid-may (most likely brooklyn, washington dc, or san fransisco). So where do we go now?
i'll keep checking for what you sent, but in all likelihood it'll come back to you. i've sent out antique postcards before that weren't uniform size & they've been sent back to me cause the post office is full of robots & no eyes, hands or brains. (no offense to robots.) of course, i'd still love whatever prints you care to send.
so i guess i'll kick this off? may i start with an email? i worry that if i wait to handwrite a letter, my semester will swallow this intention & soon you'll be in an as-yet-unknown other major u.s. city & i'll be in europe & months will pass without further correspondence. maybe i'll surprise you with something in the post, but expect an email in the near-ish future.
we are different. surely, in some ways, better.
i don't know if that means we'd be better for each other.
one & a half years.
i heard you kicked. amen.
i'm still substance abusive. i'm still manic. i'm still me.
though i miss it fiercely, i don't want to resurrect us.
we were terrifying & beautiful & the most pain i've ever felt.
it is a mesmerizing maelstrom to look back at, but i'm happy to be out of it.
i think about you everyday. i miss you so much.
but how presumptuous of me because--you?--i've never met her, i don't think.
...but (my stomach knots) ...i think i'd like to.
maybe we could be penpals?
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or perhaps i am too anxious for a reply...
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(2448 walton st. apt. 2R
chicago, il 60622)
i understand your anxiety; i thought you were maintaining having 'quit'.
i've received nothing in the post as of yet.
but now i look greatly forward to.
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I sent you a self made postcard... the prints i had written of a few wekks ago. I had your address from miah (long story, I can explain later). I didn't really know where to start with the whole penpal thing, so eventually I settled on sending you a print with the words "i'd like that" and a return address.
I suppose its my own fault - I had never sent a print by itself in the mail before, so I guess this was sort of a failed experiment. Next time, envelope.
My address at school is 809 s. franklin, Apt 3 Normal, Il 61761. I will be moving to an as yet unknown location mid-may (most likely brooklyn, washington dc, or san fransisco).
So where do we go now?
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..."nuts"?
..."for broke"?
...slowly.
i'll keep checking for what you sent, but in all likelihood it'll come back to you. i've sent out antique postcards before that weren't uniform size & they've been sent back to me cause the post office is full of robots & no eyes, hands or brains. (no offense to robots.) of course, i'd still love whatever prints you care to send.
so i guess i'll kick this off? may i start with an email? i worry that if i wait to handwrite a letter, my semester will swallow this intention & soon you'll be in an as-yet-unknown other major u.s. city & i'll be in europe & months will pass without further correspondence. maybe i'll surprise you with something in the post, but expect an email in the near-ish future.
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in case you have some old or random email address...
kholm@myway.com
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