43 and 44: Nouns and verbs
I’ve had a hard few weeks. Here are two entries. The first feels good. The second feels unfixable. Is it the story that lends itself to nouns over verbs, or the language? Or is the problem me?
Nouns
Summer. High school. College. The interim. Me. Kitchen knives. A catalog. Sales. Lack of sales. Faith. The best knives at any price. A sale. My mom. A jackknife. My dad's birthday. The mail; a package. A car (the airport, a church missions trip); the passenger seat. The knife. The open knife. The safety mechanism. My palm. A cut. Next summer. Me. Donuts. A counter. Sales.
Verbs
Selling. Not convincing. Convincing myself! Convincing my mom. Ordering. Turning forty-eight. Getting. Riding. Opening the package, opening the knife, closing the knife, opening my palm. Selling donuts.