The Art of Wasting Away

A lot of messed up things happen to us


And if you think about it


There are 8 billion different versions of today


This book is just one of them


The raw and honest truth of


What living is


What struggling is


And everything inbetween


All compressed into a short book full of


Cursing


Long words


The exploitation of the things that eat us alive


And absolutely no rhyming because this isn't Dr. Seuss

About the Author


Maite Tello was born Santiago, Chile, and moved to Portland, Oregon, when she was seven years old. She is now a senior at a small charter school in Beaverton, Oregon. Next year she will be attending the Honors Program at PSU. She wants to be a pediatric surgeon. She also travels the world, eats kidneys, and chases eels while scuba diving. She's a sarcastic 18-year-old hipster who really loves doing things that scare her.