Moody Paper

Category: creative writing

  • Ten Dead Dogs

    When you are gone I turn on different lamps. I watch documentaries, and eat foods you don’t indulge in. Lasagna, quiche and cherries. I dare to listen to my own voice. She feels for the families, you decry the murderers. I am reaching between the bars, and playing see-saw with a young girl on the…

  • Magnolia

    Paul Thomas Anderson knew how to make a movie just for me. He must be some kind of genius, because he did it without ever meeting me, yet he wrote on my soul. Every character in Magnolia is running away from something while trying to stand still, and it catches up to them. We may…

  • So Much Love

    “I’ve got so much love to give,” the words loop in my brain, although I haven’t watched Magnolia in such a long time. Last night I had the chance to share pieces of myself through simple introductions, but my insides weren’t all put together, and you can’t reach in and straighten them out when you’re…