TODAY'S

TODAY'S

TENDER LETTERS

Four Points and Fourteen Me-s

The Awful Letter

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Anna Atsu
Jan 23, 2026
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1)

You know I lose myself inside myself. Enough that I don’t know how to write a letter about myself.

After all, supposedly:

“There is nothing here.”

I write furiously. My hands tremble. I could burst into a grim laugh to express the helplessness of rage… — you can’t do that in a letter.

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2)

There is not enough of you.

Your words are not enough.

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