i wonder if you’ve noticed, her fingers are always stained with black or blue ink, sometimes purple, color seeping through the swirls on her fingerpads, color imprinted on her milky skin, forevermore. you asked why, she said “writing” ...you never stopped to ask what kind of writing stains your fingers everyday? well, it’s the kind that takes you over, the kind that controls you completely. the kind where you don’t know what words will come out of you until you see them written on the page in your own handwriting. it’s the kind of writing you couldn’t stop, even if you wanted to.