“Portrait” by Morgan Gibby

Describe yourself.

You are a girl. You are a boy. You are an orange that turned chalk green. 
You are named after the ocean. You are afraid of drowning in it. 

As you describe yourself, talk about your interests and hobbies. 
You are interested in entropy. You sing without making noise. 
You enjoy—
You are good at—
You are—

You may want to discuss your goals for your career, your future, and so on. 
You are unable to see anything beyond the horizon’s glass wall.

Describe yourself.

Describe yourself.
you are you are you are


Morgan Gibby is a junior majoring in English at Kennesaw State University. Aside from her academic interests, she enjoys feeding stray cats and taking excessively long naps. Her favorite book is “Carmilla” by Sheridan Le Fanu and she will talk about it for hours to anyone brave enough to listen.

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