The Bluestone Review Spring 2022

“Paradise Lost and Other Selections: An Assortment of In-Class Quotations without Context” by Kirsten Gilbert

And when you do the good thing about bringing Jesus, you’re gonna be…you’re gonna feel bad about it. Clothes are stupid when you think about it. Do you think she’ll somehow…get woke out there? I just get the feeling nobody understands me anymore but I’ve just gotta proceed anyway. I’m glad to be out of hell, but as Satan said, hell doesn’t matter. I thought your negativity was over – you need to stop. It’s a beautiful day, so go do something… It’s just a human thing, all that death business. I was like a snake, and now I’m like WHOA— Poptarts!! So…that is the whole part of…that. Tell me you’re on the edge of your red chair. This is as good a day as any other day to die, so let’s just don’t worry about it. This is picking up on line 27 or something… This part is actually pretty gross. But you know what else is gross? HELL. What do you mean I’m PART of the dream, I AM the dream! You wanna call that abyss, Payton?

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