reading into short stories

I think it's hysterical. For instance, my short(ish) story came up in my creative writing class today. I read the whole thing out loud (thirteen cursed pages), and then had to sit in silence while the class and teacher critiqued it. Some of my thoughts:

The corset as symbolism of that society I wrote about being rigid and restricting? I mean, it sounds gloriously deep and thoughtful. I'm glad people think I'm that deep, because I totally didn't mean that as symbolism.

Red as the color of passion and fire...um, no, actually, I just made the paint in the story red because I really like red.

There's a lot of romantic heat between David and Aphrodite...um, okay? If you say so? Totally not how I intended it, but whatever...

No, I didn't think about 'David' being a highly appropriate name for an artist. At least, not consciously.

The conclusion I have come to: my subconscious is brilliant.

Proof that I am 1. very tired, 2. deprived of writing, and 3. generally crazy

Sarah:

i need to do something b4 my brain splodes

4:34pm Edge

lol\

4:36pmSarah

too late

4:36pm Edge

your brain...exploded?

so basically i need to go call walter and peter and see what happened [reference to the J.J. Abrams show, Fringe]

4:37pmSarah

ha ha ha ha ha ah ah ah

4:37pm Edge

so...since you're at a computer i'm guessing it was the freaky video which melted your brain

or excess radiation in your blood...ew.

rachel is not gonna be happy

4:41pmEdge

omg you're not responding

it's true then

4:42pmSarah

.....

4:42pmMaddee

she's aliveeee!@

sigh

of relief

4:42pmSarah

no

4:42pmMaddee

you're...not alive?

4:42pmSarah

no

4:43pmMaddee

then...your consciousness...give me as ec here

*a sec

aha!

it has somehow entered your computer

oh my gosh

4:43pmSarah

777 ,zgtfdcfshghkadfggddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

4:44pmMaddee

...*tries to decode*

wait

I think I have it

"It was the tomato sauce"

I KNEW IT

the redness of the sauce

it was really...unicorn blood

so on the plus side, unicorns then exist

but...on the minus side, you're kind of dead

'kind of' being defined as your consciousness being trapped in your computer

dude, it's probably a vista operating system too

sucks to be you

4:48pmMaddee

oh my gosh, i just re-read what i typed...i didn't realize how many issues i had until just how

Maddee

but wait. unicorn blood is silver.

so...

4:51pmSarah

we's gonna get pizza

4:51pmMaddee

...you follow that brilliant unraveling of your death with 'we's gonna get pizza'?!?!

hahahaha jk jkj jk

Gold heartbreak

heartbreak
has a color
two now
from springtime past
shimmering Aztec gold
burnished in the sun

the other appeared
yesterday
pale burgundy
shade of a dying leaf
cut off from life
color of a bleeding heart

(it's a little better this time. i'll be okay. i don't know when.)