{"id":63,"date":"2022-08-04T14:40:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T18:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreviewxii\/chapter\/dilemma-and-privilege\/"},"modified":"2023-06-25T13:09:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T17:09:03","slug":"vanna","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xii\/chapter\/vanna\/","title":{"raw":"vanna","rendered":"vanna"},"content":{"raw":"\u201cI do everything that everybody else does.\u201d \u2013 vanna white<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nfever, hot flash, formication,\r\n\r\nreminiscing: when I was younger \u2013 young.\r\n\r\n\u201cthere\u2019s a spider up your spine!\u201d\r\n\r\nmom\u2019s twitching fingers made arachnid\r\n\r\nthrough sporadic flicking on flesh,\r\n\r\nchildish shriek, clammy palm, mom\u2019s lilt.\r\n\r\n\u201cclose your mouth\u2013\r\n\r\nchildren swallow spiders while they sleep.\u201d\r\n\r\ntoday, mom\u2019s lifelines are gentle, kind.\r\n\r\nwet, temporal heat amalgamated on my forehead.\r\n\r\nsick, bedsick, bodysick.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cI\u2019m shy. I\u2019m not outgoing. I\u2019m a homebody. I am on tv, but you know, it\u2019s interesting. how much do I talk on tv?\u201d<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nhome-day television static,\r\n\r\npeloton pushers, spandex legs\r\n\r\nproven products for pesky pounds\r\n\r\nshed like layers, canadian winter\r\n\r\nbundle for warmth, or just to sweat.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cI think people think of me as this elegant person because they always see me dressed up.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nv is an evocative letter.\r\n\r\nvie \u2013 covet, with fewer syllables.\r\n\r\nvein \u2013 primal, bloodlust conduit.\r\n\r\nvanna \u2013 ephemeral, afternoon succubus.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cI enjoy getting dressed as a barbie doll.\u201d<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nvanna white is the most beautiful woman I\u2019ve ever seen.\r\n\r\nbrain-blended with a slap-chop,\r\n\r\nI ogle. she is blonde.\r\n\r\nmom\u2019s thick dark hair\r\n\r\nis replicated in rat nests on my head;\r\n\r\ncarbon copy.\r\n\r\nvanna carries the wheel of fortune\r\n\r\non a bugless back,\r\n\r\nsubstitutes spiders in her sleep\r\n\r\nfor a salad, intestinally-permitted.\r\n\r\nelegance is araneidan limbs\r\n\r\nand my mother and I have soft,\r\n\r\npudgy arms.\r\n\r\nsick, couchsick, bodysick.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cmy biggest phobia is spiders. when I was in second grade, one of my classmates got bitten. that did it for me.\u201d<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nI am rotting in revulsion,\r\n\r\nself-inflicted pick and prod\r\n\r\nlump, bump, pinch an inch,\r\n\r\nrun a mile. idleness oppress,\r\n\r\nmovement empowerment;\r\n\r\nit is empowering to lose,\r\n\r\nfit and be fit,\r\n\r\nget arms like vanna white.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cdon\u2019t put on something so tight thinking, \u2018oh, I can wear this for four hours.\u2019 don\u2019t do that to yourself.\u201d<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\njiggling legs,\r\n\r\nspit out caloric, salted sweat.\r\n\r\nI picture vanna limbs\r\n\r\nspindled like the spider.\r\n\r\nevolutionary camouflage:\r\n\r\nbenign tarantula becomes black widow\r\non your back. it\u2019s always on my back.\r\n\r\nsick, brainsick, bodysick.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cI\u2019m really just a normal person.\u201d<\/em>","rendered":"

\u201cI do everything that everybody else does.\u201d \u2013 vanna white<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

fever, hot flash, formication,<\/p>\n

reminiscing: when I was younger \u2013 young.<\/p>\n

\u201cthere\u2019s a spider up your spine!\u201d<\/p>\n

mom\u2019s twitching fingers made arachnid<\/p>\n

through sporadic flicking on flesh,<\/p>\n

childish shriek, clammy palm, mom\u2019s lilt.<\/p>\n

\u201cclose your mouth\u2013<\/p>\n

children swallow spiders while they sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n

today, mom\u2019s lifelines are gentle, kind.<\/p>\n

wet, temporal heat amalgamated on my forehead.<\/p>\n

sick, bedsick, bodysick.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m shy. I\u2019m not outgoing. I\u2019m a homebody. I am on tv, but you know, it\u2019s interesting. how much do I talk on tv?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

home-day television static,<\/p>\n

peloton pushers, spandex legs<\/p>\n

proven products for pesky pounds<\/p>\n

shed like layers, canadian winter<\/p>\n

bundle for warmth, or just to sweat.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cI think people think of me as this elegant person because they always see me dressed up.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

v is an evocative letter.<\/p>\n

vie \u2013 covet, with fewer syllables.<\/p>\n

vein \u2013 primal, bloodlust conduit.<\/p>\n

vanna \u2013 ephemeral, afternoon succubus.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoy getting dressed as a barbie doll.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

vanna white is the most beautiful woman I\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n

brain-blended with a slap-chop,<\/p>\n

I ogle. she is blonde.<\/p>\n

mom\u2019s thick dark hair<\/p>\n

is replicated in rat nests on my head;<\/p>\n

carbon copy.<\/p>\n

vanna carries the wheel of fortune<\/p>\n

on a bugless back,<\/p>\n

substitutes spiders in her sleep<\/p>\n

for a salad, intestinally-permitted.<\/p>\n

elegance is araneidan limbs<\/p>\n

and my mother and I have soft,<\/p>\n

pudgy arms.<\/p>\n

sick, couchsick, bodysick.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cmy biggest phobia is spiders. when I was in second grade, one of my classmates got bitten. that did it for me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I am rotting in revulsion,<\/p>\n

self-inflicted pick and prod<\/p>\n

lump, bump, pinch an inch,<\/p>\n

run a mile. idleness oppress,<\/p>\n

movement empowerment;<\/p>\n

it is empowering to lose,<\/p>\n

fit and be fit,<\/p>\n

get arms like vanna white.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cdon\u2019t put on something so tight thinking, \u2018oh, I can wear this for four hours.\u2019 don\u2019t do that to yourself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

jiggling legs,<\/p>\n

spit out caloric, salted sweat.<\/p>\n

I picture vanna limbs<\/p>\n

spindled like the spider.<\/p>\n

evolutionary camouflage:<\/p>\n

benign tarantula becomes black widow
\non your back. it\u2019s always on my back.<\/p>\n

sick, brainsick, bodysick.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really just a normal person.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":["abby-lacey"],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[50],"contributor":[70],"license":[],"class_list":["post-63","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless","contributor-abby-lacey"],"part":51,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/63\/revisions\/265"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/51"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/63\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}