@daily.prompt/13-may-2025-mariannewests-freewrite-writing-prompt-day-2735-chew-it-well
I need to chew this well.
This gristle. My mouth can't truly break it down. I could, instead, just swallow. But then the meaty flavor would be gone. How sad I would be, then, to have sacrificed my favorite beast for less than every morsel truly savored. No, better to chew and chew and chew. Let my jaw grow sore. This beast of mine ...
When the daylight shattered on the mountains like a knife ground too thin finally shatters on a misused whetstone, I found my
Other things happened to distract me from my freewrite.
Not gonna pick up where I left off.
Instead, I'll
Get distracted again.
How about now. We're talking about chewing. Chewing the fat. That means talking to people about just casual stuff, I think. That's what it means to me. Like, you're talking for the social connection it brings, not because there's particular information that you're trying to pass along.
I like that as a metaphor. It's nice to chew the fat with people.
Chewy is, of course, Chewie, aka Chewbacca. Do you think that sounds like Chewing Tobacco? Is that where his name came from?
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