Around The Pit, Things Are Sharp

Isabelle thinks it’s good that peaches do not have feelings.
When someone took the peach that she wanted out of the fruit basket,
she was forced to take the ugly dark peach, with a brown mark
running down its side. The next day she realized that she spent a lot
of time lamenting over fruit baskets.


Oh, but it must be the personality too! That’s where it hurts,
in the personality. The organ that lives next to the heart,
the one they briefly mention in health class. It’s shaped like an S.
Sometimes it throbs. Isabelle is sure that her personality throbs
an inordinate amount.


Isabelle thinks that lilies have been incorrectly labeled as
“virginal.” Some lilies have quite long genitalia. This was also briefly mentioned
in health class in eighth grade. The genitalia of lilies stain yellow. This is a good method
of identification. Isabelle is aware that her opinion of lilies stems directly from her opinions of herself. She was never one for roses.