\n\nThe vegan muffin looked at the word "[[crazy|two or three seconds]]" for two or three seconds

The vegan muffin realized she'd fallen off [[the chair|3]]

She recently had read an article that said loneliness could condense organizationally into microscopic points of physical density, the presence of which could feel like a constant, [[internal]]

if she should [[focus]] on the muffins that she liked most or that liked her most.

She realized she felt nauseated and that she was trying to suppress her nausea into nonexistence and gradually began to feel sympathy for her [[nausea]],

The vegan muffin vaguely began to consider how, in social situations, if she wasn't bored or nervous, her focus would almost always be on supressing a nearly uncontrollable urge to pretty much beg the other muffin, [[or muffins]],

if she should convey more of her [[insecurities]] on the internet,

The vegan muffin vaguely began to consider how, in social situations, if she wasn't bored or nervous, her focus would almost always be on supressing a nearly uncontrollable urge to pretty much beg the other [[muffin]],

\n\n\n\n\nthe vegan muffin began to feel self-conscious about her existence—that her body, made of all organic ingredients, with [[no artificial or natural flavors|or]],

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nthat its [[subject|loneliness]] find a companion.

\n\n\n\n\n\n\nwho lived in Massachusetts and had two jobs,\n\non [[Gchat]].

[[The vegan muffin]] worked at NASA.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n//a poem by Tao Lin, all credits to them//

The vegan muffin vaguely began to consider how, in social situations, if she wasn't bored or nervous, her focus would almost always be on supressing a nearly uncontrollable urge to pretty much beg the other muffin, or muffins, to tell her exactly what to [[do]] with her life,

Staring abstractly at the computer screen,\n\n     which still sometimes seemed absurdly big,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n          like it had when she began working at [[NASA|Staring]],

\n\nIn this way, the article had said, loneliness could physically [[insist]]

\n\n\n\n\nthe vegan muffin began to feel self-conscious about her existence—that [[her body]],

\n\nThe vegan muffin looked at the word "crazy" for two or three seconds before her eyes [[unfocused]].

\n\n\n\n\n\n  including what food she should eat\n\n      at what times\n\nand in what [[amounts]];

\n\n    //"Everyone lives in Alaska now,"//\n\n\nresponded [[the muffin's friend]],

\n\n\n\n\n\nwith egregiously\nbad\n       [[posture]]

Her main feeling, most days, was a vague, [[low-level despair]],

She realized she felt nauseated and that she was trying to suppress her nausea into nonexistence and gradually began to feel sympathy for her nausea,\n\nwhich made her feel [[less|l2]] alone.

She recently had read an article that said loneliness could condense organizationally into microscopic points of physical density, the presence of which could feel like a [[constant]],

\n\n\n\n\n   "[[Complete|22]]," she thought after a few seconds.

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShe usually felt good after completing something.

Her ingredients included\n\n     [[spelt]]

if she should write [[stories]]

\n         seated on an eight-hundred dollar [[chair]]

Staring abstractly at the computer screen,\n\n     which still sometimes seemed [[absurdly big]],

Staring abstractly at the [[computer screen]],

But, [[the vegan muffin knew|knew]],

\n\nIn this way, the [[article]] had said,

The vegan muffin vaguely began to consider how, in [[social]] situations,

\n\nand was [[motionless]] on the floor.

\n\n\nor gradually [[less]];

\n\n[[In this way]],

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nand no [[concrete]] purpose in life.

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   The vegan muffin felt [[completely]] alone.

\n\n\n\n\nthe vegan muffin began to feel self-conscious about [[her existence]]—

\n\n\n\n\n\n  including what food she should [[eat]]

But, the vegan muffin knew, "nausea" had no consciousness with which to [[sympathize]],

She recently had read an article that said loneliness could condense [[organizationally]]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n       [[Or what]].

\n\n\n\n\nwhich seemed to mean that she was currently trying to suppress [[herself]]

if she should convey more of her [[insecurities|2]] on the internet,\nand on her face,

\n\n         //"It's kind of [[crazy]], I think."//

\n\n    //"[[Everyone lives in Alaska now]],"//

if she should write stories\n\nor focus on a novel\n\nor do something else [[like play the clarinet|play the clarinet]];

Her main feeling, most days, was a vague, low-level despair,\n\n         which she primarily experienced as a mildly distracting awareness that she perpetually, it seemed, had a worried [[expression|she]] on her face.

Her ingredients included\n\n     spelt, [[agave]]

She recently had read an article that said loneliness could condense organizationally into microscopic points of physical density, the presence of which could feel like a constant, internal [[prodding]].

\n\n\n\n\nthe vegan muffin began to feel self-conscious about her existence—that her body, made of [[all organic ingredients|all]],

Her [[ingredients]] included

\n\n\n\n\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\nShe was vegan technically because she [[didn't|technically]] eat.

\n\n\n\n\n                                                                                  into [[nonexistence]].

\n\n\n\n\n\n  including what food she should eat\n\n      at what [[times]]

At NASA, one night, the vegan muffin meaninglessly typed in Gchat that she wanted to move to Alaska.\n\n\n\n(She usually returned to her office at night because she had no computer or internet [[at home|Alaska]])

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShe concentrated on her [[brain]].

if she should write stories\n\nor focus on a novel\n\nor do something [[else]]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat was her brain [[doing]]?

The vegan muffin vaguely began to consider how, in [[social]] situations, if she wasn't bored or nervous,

\n\n\n\n\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\nShe was vegan [[technically|ttt]]

[[But]]

\n\n\n\n\n   "[[Complete]],"

\n\n\n\n\nthe vegan muffin began to feel self-conscious about her existence—that her body, made of all organic ingredients, with no artificial or natural flavors,\n\nwas currently occupying an amount of space inside NASA's research headquarters at [[Cape Canaveral]],

The vegan muffin vaguely began to consider [[how]],

Her ingredients included\n\n     spelt, agave, [[vanilla]].

if she should write stories\n\nor focus on a [[novel]]

She recently had read an article that said loneliness could [[condense]]

The vegan muffin vaguely began to consider how, in social situations, if she wasn't [[bored or nervous]],

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHer posture\n     was so bad\n  that\n she\nwas\n\nsliding\n\noff\n\n[[the chair]].

Anonymous

At NASA, [[one night]], the vegan muffin meaninglessly typed in Gchat that she wanted to move to Alaska.

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