Description

My second chapbook, Afterthoughts, is the follow up and continuation where I left off from Food For Thoughts (FFT). So why did I name it Afterthoughts? After finishing FFT, I couldn't stop writing and inspiration kept flowing on food related chapters that was happening in my life. So it is just so befitting to call it Afterthoughts as I do really have so many afterthoughts to write about after FFT. Even back before FFT was published officially on 18 May 2024, I had already written few chapters of Afterthoughts. A little backstory here is that FFT was written between January to April 2024 while Afterthoughts was written between April to September 2024. As you should know by now, I'm such a Swiftie, so for Afterhoughts, I will be having 22 chapters which is in line with Taylor Swift's song "22" as I did came out with 15 chapters in FFT which was referencing Taylor's song "Fifteen". Half of the time, I felt crafting this piece of art here was like my lifeline while the other half of the time it felt like writing a lifeline for a friend. At one point I felt like finishing early just to cheer that friend up. But it all worked out for the best. I was so engrossed on the poetry world which I came to call the "Matthewverse" I have built back in FFT and so I expanded the universe in Afterthoughts. I am so glad I could have my own literary universe and would love to share it with the rest of the world. So without further ado, I now present to you my sophomore project in all of its glory.