Burnt Toast
...It's like the smell of burnt toast.You made the toast. You looked forward to it. You even enjoyed making it , but it burned. What were you doing? Was it your fault? It doesn't matter anymore. You open the window but only the very top layer of the smell goes away. The rest remains around you. It's on the walls. Yo leave the room but it's on your clothes. You change your clothes but it's in your hair. it's on the thin skin on the tops of your hands. And in the morning, it's still there. ... (from the book seven types of Ambiguity)
I have burnt toast before as in the action of making it and of course eating them. Some people will throw away burnt toast. But I am the type who attempt to eat it, as much as possible. At times, I swallow them with lots of water. I always feel guilty toward the toast. Eating it eases the guilt.
You can call me lame. Why feel guilty toward a slice of bread? It's just a slice of bread, a non-living thing. But I feel guilty. I do ask 'What was I doing?' and I do think it's my fault. Sometimes I will get upset (with myself), sometimes I will think I should have eat it as it's. Hence I forced myself to eat it. To me that's the consequence.
So do you eat your burnt toast?
I suggest you don't...
I have burnt toast before as in the action of making it and of course eating them. Some people will throw away burnt toast. But I am the type who attempt to eat it, as much as possible. At times, I swallow them with lots of water. I always feel guilty toward the toast. Eating it eases the guilt.
You can call me lame. Why feel guilty toward a slice of bread? It's just a slice of bread, a non-living thing. But I feel guilty. I do ask 'What was I doing?' and I do think it's my fault. Sometimes I will get upset (with myself), sometimes I will think I should have eat it as it's. Hence I forced myself to eat it. To me that's the consequence.
So do you eat your burnt toast?
I suggest you don't...
2 Comments:
I do...often or not, I'll eat it despite it's burnt. I'm the one who burnt it, I'll still eat it no matter what...
I scratch the burnt layer before :)
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