and i ask and i ask her, are you not tired of holding up the sky? are you not tired of making the world turn?
she says she may not know but she will learn.
she says no. she says that she didn’t know she was holding up the sky, she just thought everyone’s backpack was as heavy as hers. she says that she didn’t know she was making the world turn, she just thought everybody was as dizzy as her.
i come back the next year.
and i ask her if she’s okay. she asks me what that means.
and i begin to ask her if she’s okay. but this time, before i can she asks me if i am. Sabrina Kim ‘22
i tell her that i plan to join her in holding up the sky she says no. she says she’s okay, i tell her i thought she didn’t know what that meant. Pillars of Salt 45
