My current thought is to use this process as a processing—that
is, to share my experiences in Ukraine with you, yes, but also to think through
them myself in order to consider what I’ve learned, and to consider some Big
Questions. I don’t mean for this to sound totally selfish. I also have no
intention of being preachy, or of writing a book that offers to serve as ‘self-help’
to any but its own author. Still, given the opportunity to reflect, so I will.
I’d like to reflect, to collect, and to connect. There are
stories that happened to me that have happened to plenty of others, and stories
that never have and never will happen to anyone else. These are stories that
give us the chance to see ourselves in another culture, and to wonder what makes
us believe what we believe and to act the way we act. This is the chance to
answer questions, and to pose further questions. It’s true that I’m interested
in the personal, but the chance that you’ll relate, too, makes me want to share
the process with you.
There, now, I’m explaining. This is what happens when poets
get carried away. Fiction is one thing, but creative nonfiction? And this isn’t
even creative—this is just lots of telling, and no showing!
On with the show!
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