"Aloha Say the Pretty Girls" Monologue by Naomi Lizuka

I like maps so much. I like how everything is pink and orange and aquamarine, and all the countries and states look like little funny-shaped candies. I like how all the names of the places are written in these perfect, block letters. I like that maps tell you where you are, and how to get to where you’re going. But the thing about a map, the best thing of all, you look at it, and places that are really big and faraway, don’t seem so big and faraway. A whole continent is the distance from your thumb to your fingertip. A whole entire ocean is as big as the palm of your hand. Magic. Truly.