In the fifth grade, my crush told me I had the hands of a wise crone.
Except instead of “wise” he said “GROSS” and instead of “crone” he said “YOU HAVE OLD LADY HANDS.” In that moment I vowed to one day start a small publishing shop for books that I write then fold with my crone hands despite their debilitating inability to cut in straight lines and make a collection of things uniform before giving up and calling their imperfections “art.”
And, well, see?
Dreams do come true.
Karen Bolipata is a writer and graphic memoirist. She writes funny things. Sad things. Funny and sad things. She lives in a beloved shitty apartment with her husband, Franco, and their furry son, Henri, in Queens, New York—all often featured in DIARY OF A SUFFICIENTLY FUN PERSON, a webcomic she updates somewhat regularly.
See more of her work at karenbolipata.com
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