Nothing outside the text
I like to write 'you', when I really mean 'I'
What is that about?
You is generic, but is that really what I mean?
Am I escaping responsibility for these words, these thoughts?
(I don't even say "my")
The second person allows me to detach from the text.
Shifting the focus, letting me elaborate without getting in the way.
Taking a step away from these feelings that could be anyone's, really.
Only, they are not.
Perhaps Derrida was right; il n'ya pas de hors-texte, but there's much more in it that I let on.
Kommentarer
Trackback
