Can we choose<\/p>\n
to surrender the preconceived<\/p>\n
assumptions, notions, suggestions<\/p>\n
to find meaning beyond the shores of language,<\/p>\n
to break the chain of absolutes,<\/p>\n
to make words breathe freely<\/p>\n
from the trapped monotonous semantic and textual worlds<\/p>\n
to make them spin<\/p>\n
perch delicately?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Can I choose to redefine<\/p>\n
rediscover myself<\/p>\n
relearn beyond the boundaries of symbolism –<\/p>\n
a Jane Eyre always in contest with a Bertha Mason<\/p>\n
beyond the usual markers of 30, teacher, professional and female?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Can I choose to retreat<\/p>\n
to a writer’s room<\/p>\n
without the usual burdens<\/p>\n
of productivity and utility?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Can it this time be merely<\/p>\n
fluidity of words, names and identities?<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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