In Blume: Third Entry

Date: October 12th

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In the third entry of In Blume , the narrator’s voice sharpens into something less reflective and more confrontational. Unlike the first entry’s nostalgia and the second’s ambivalence, Entry Three introduces rupture: a letter left unopened, a phone call answered too late. Date: October 12th — Blume Reading Notes: In

Third entry rule broken already: wrote four sentences before getting honest. The garden behind the old ceramics studio is

The garden behind the old ceramics studio is overgrown now, but the kiln still holds heat if you press your palm to its side. Yesterday I found a fired clay cup, half-broken, with a word etched underneath: keep . Not “beautiful” or “fragile.” Just keep.

There’s a difference between being lost and being misplaced. The first suggests you had a destination. The second implies someone else put you somewhere and forgot. I’ve decided, after the second entry’s chaos, that I am not lost. I am misplaced.