I’ve done this before, with a different page number. (The meme was probably changed by someone who reads very short books – but memes are supposed to change, so it’s OK.)
This time it’s Blair’s fault, but luckily, this time, I’m at home!
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal…along with these instructions.
Definitely.
Counting sentences in some poetry can be challenging; I almost posted the fourth sentence, which was significantly longer.
This comes from Elegy by Mary Jo Bang. The title of the poem is, by happenstance, Definitely. All twelve of the other sentences in the poem are significantly longer.
The meme doesn’t ask for it, but here’s the first sentence, to give you a better taste:
What is desire
But the hardwire argument given
To the mind’s unstoppable mouth.
Mary Jo Bang is a professor at Washington University in St. Louis. The collection Elegy chronicles the year following the death of her son.
Blair asked: “Who the heck keeps great literature – or even a comic book – near the computer?”
And I answer that question, “me!” If I’m not at work.