Ask Baba Yaga: I Seek Comfort From Others Because I Am Uncomfortable With Myself

Previously: “How Do I Deal With My Boyfriend’s Past Partners Gracefully?”

Taisia Kitaiskaia is a poet, writer, and Michener Center for Writers fellow. She’s taking questions on behalf of Baba Yaga at [email protected].

Transcript after the jump.

Dear Baba,

I seek comfort from others because I am uncomfortable with myself. How can I quiet my own head?

BABA:

Birds , nest bring one thing at) a time into the home-hole: twigglings, & soft pieces of this & that, & the shiny things that make their Eyes catch & love as they peruse the earth’s sight. So must you drag back the victims of yr fancy into yr Skull-Nest; limbs of this & Thoughts of that, bones & shivering & stones — -pick;pocket to borrow from others if that is yr need;; until you are looking upon a Skullhouse of yr own labor. For all of us have made ourselves partially of borrowings of blood & skin & sinew , & it: is a fool who thinks anyone’s head comes furnished.