confessional

by Chris Wang
Art by Christine Cheng
Issue: Ataraxia (Spring 2018)


Abstract strokes and splotches of paint obscure plain and thin rectangles. In the lower right corner, small text reads "purely un-profane."

i have not knowingly used obscene words in [t]his refrain
i [h]ave not knowingly used obscene words in this refrain
i have not know[i]ngly used obscene words in this refrain
i have not knowingly used obs[c]ene words in this refrain
i have not [k]nowingly used obscene words in this refrain
i have not knowingly used o[b]scene words in this refrain
i have not knowingly [u]sed obscene words in this refrain
i have [n]ot knowingly used obscene words in this refrain
i have not knowingly used obscene words in this re[f]rain
i have not knowingly used obscene words [i]n this refrain
i have not knowin[g]ly used obscene words in this refrain
i have not knowingly used obscene words in t[h]is refrain
i have no[t] knowingly used obscene words in this refrain
i have not knowingly used obscene word[s] in this refrain
i have not knowingly used obscene words in this refra[i]n
i have not knowingly used obs[c]ene words in this refrain