WTF DID SHE JUST SAY?!!

The Taint Files
Taint nothing but the truth, honey.

The first time I ever heard the word “taint,” I was 19 years old.
Some guy at work cracked a joke, and everyone around me burst into laughter, except me. I didn’t get it.
So I asked.

And I’ll never forget the moment this sweet little old lady leaned over and whispered in my ear:

“Honey… it taint your ass, and it taint your kitty.”

Well.
I guess that sums it up pretty damn nicely.
And apparently… it lives in my brain rent-free now.

So here I am, years later, spiraling into a full-blown metaphorical breakdown of what it means to be tainted.

Because some people?
They really are just… tainted.

Not good.
Not bad.
Just a dark patch between two portals of purpose.

Full of nerve endings.
But no direction.

Taint doing good.
Taint doing bad.
They just taint.

Floating in a weird little void between meaning and mediocrity and calling it growth.

It’s always the ones who taint shit that pretend that they are.
Telling shallow lies to make each other feel safe in their stuckness.

✨ Welcome to the wormhole. ✨

- Christina