6. I feel that men walk through the world this way, shaping women’s bodies, getting mad when we don’t fold as easily as clay
7. When we don’t sit still staring blankly marble mouths shut marble hands clutching the apples of our temptation
8. When we refuse to be a moral lesson, a container of and convenient reason for men’s lust
Ten Unexpected Things I Learned in France
4. It takes like 12 buttons & doors to make it outside of any building ever
Actual daily process: Unlock door, lock door, go down stairs, put key fob on door, open door, press button, open door, press button, open door, get outside
a (remembered) walk to the louvre
continuing straight, towards the river, past the little bookshops and galleries, past that one corner of a building with ever-changing street art
past the ladurée and the floral perfume and soap store next to it, tropical scents wafting out no matter the weather
past more art galleries, filled with miniature shadowboxes, scenes of children at the louvre, or a perfect blue piece of pottery, glazed and crackled, art galleries that never seem to sell a piece and yet always stay in business, paying their astronomical left bank rents