I wonder if she’s ever read a novel
that hasn’t been on a syllabus or recommended by Oprah.

I wonder if she’s ever been in a bookstore.

Do you think she knows the significance of June 16, 1904?

I wonder if she’s more like Jordan or Daisy.

I wonder if she realizes how staged
her cell phone conversation appears to be.

Maybe she’s wondering if I have a younger sister
named Phoebe.

Maybe she’s reading Cosmo because her critical edition of
Jane Eyre is too awkward to fit in her bag.

Maybe she’s wondering the same thing I am…
Is there really only one degree of separation between
Muhammad Ali and William Blake?

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