… does one do with all this grief?

I was not prepared for friends dying.

… is the appeal of this sad book?

I started a novel.

… is insufficient?

You name it! Hell, the shorter list would be what’s sufficient.

… is monetarism?

Dunno.

… am I all caught up in?

Myself. Duh.

… are you so afraid of?

I just read a book

… feeling are you feeling, bro?

I went back to some punk rock music I haven’t listened to in a long while. I put it on while washing dishes and while doing some relatively mindless work.

… -ism are you talking about, exactly?

Quick note on something that annoys me

… do you mean classy?

Notes on Peter Frase, “Stay Classy.” https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/06/stay-classy/

… went wrong with us?

Dear [book] (it doesn’t seem right to name names publicly like this, I’m already unsure about airing something so personal in this way),

We’ve been together, off and on, for quite a long time now.