My Trip Of Enlightenment

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“My Trip Of Enlightenment” (10:36 am) It’s December the second, and my eyes are still adjusting from waking up. My coat smells like the end of a cigarette that’s been clipped. Probably because of my morning stogie, tucked deep in my left pocket. My throat and mouth are dry from it, but a cold sip of purified spring water washes the spit building up in the back of my throat. My roommate Ramon and I stumble into class exhausted from the trip. As I fold my desk down, so not to see the hardened chewing gum witch stains the underside, my Professor, tells us for our final paper, we have the creative license to write about anything, as long as it relates to the over all theme of the class. Seemed easy enough. Right then and there I decided I would discuses the idea that “the body is the text, the text is the body” for the simple reason that it would be a tool I could use for the rest of my life. If I could just prove some how that I understand the plot, the overall theme of our class. After all, our class is basically like an act in a play. Each class there’s a different act, a different page, with a script we write as the class goes on. If one were to flip through the pages of our script, they would find that at the heart of our class lies the fact that “the body is the text.” An idea that pumps throughout class, the blood that reinforces itself in every story we read. But how would I prove I’ve found the heart? (3:12pm) Mass Com has just gotten out and my stomach is constantly yelling at me to fill it up. Marliac terrace looks surprisingly beautiful to me today, the sun has finally made its debut and its fingers bounce off the glass house filled with food. I tell my self Fuck It! I’ll just make a sandwich at home. Cold air is clenched between my teeth as I open our front door and make my way towards the refrigerator. There starring at me was a bag filled with

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