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jada alexis
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omg the freaking title poem!!!!
— Dec 20, 2021 04:57PM
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Matt
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"The Monk and Her Seaside Dreams" knocked my socks off.
— Oct 29, 2020 11:59AM
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Amory Blaine
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[A Vision]
Even in the city you look for a place that welcomes you. You actually want to be found!
Being found is the polar opposite of making a vow.
You are a pot of gold and not the arc of the rainbow.
When you sit down on a stone, face up to the sun, you can't help but think, /Mine, mine./
And you don't have to promise anything to anyone in time.
— Oct 28, 2019 03:37PM
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Even in the city you look for a place that welcomes you. You actually want to be found!
Being found is the polar opposite of making a vow.
You are a pot of gold and not the arc of the rainbow.
When you sit down on a stone, face up to the sun, you can't help but think, /Mine, mine./
And you don't have to promise anything to anyone in time.
Amory Blaine
is starting
[A Vision]
Some old people want to leave this earth and experience another.
They don't want to commit suicide. They want to wander out of sight
without comrades or luggage.
[...]
Mysticism "provides a path for those who ask the way to get lost.
It teaches how not to return," wrote Michel de Certeau.
— Oct 28, 2019 03:37PM
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Some old people want to leave this earth and experience another.
They don't want to commit suicide. They want to wander out of sight
without comrades or luggage.
[...]
Mysticism "provides a path for those who ask the way to get lost.
It teaches how not to return," wrote Michel de Certeau.
Amory Blaine
is starting
[A Child In Old Age]
Your brain is still becoming
an independent being
while your heart always needs air.
[...]
One drop on your tongue and you won't ask for more.
You've thought this somewhere before.
[Born Below]
"Don't smile. It's ugly. You'll get lines."
[...]
Her hand over her eyes indicates she herself is
blocking the light.
— Oct 28, 2019 03:31PM
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Your brain is still becoming
an independent being
while your heart always needs air.
[...]
One drop on your tongue and you won't ask for more.
You've thought this somewhere before.
[Born Below]
"Don't smile. It's ugly. You'll get lines."
[...]
Her hand over her eyes indicates she herself is
blocking the light.
Amory Blaine
is starting
[Second Childhood]
If we had been grown-ups, we wouldn't have been able to see the stars or the storm. We would have perished.
So my commitment to childhood has once again been affirmed.
Read the signs, not the authorities.
— Oct 28, 2019 03:27PM
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If we had been grown-ups, we wouldn't have been able to see the stars or the storm. We would have perished.
So my commitment to childhood has once again been affirmed.
Read the signs, not the authorities.
Amory Blaine
is starting
[Second Childhood]
I decided to stop becoming an adult. That day I chose to blur facts, fail at tests, and slouch under a hood.
[...]
Throughout my life I have remained vague and have accepted the humiliation it brought, almost as if stupefaction were a gift. I willfully repeat my mistakes over and over and never learn from experience.
Every day has been a threat to this attitude so I avoid obligations.
— Oct 28, 2019 03:26PM
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I decided to stop becoming an adult. That day I chose to blur facts, fail at tests, and slouch under a hood.
[...]
Throughout my life I have remained vague and have accepted the humiliation it brought, almost as if stupefaction were a gift. I willfully repeat my mistakes over and over and never learn from experience.
Every day has been a threat to this attitude so I avoid obligations.
Amory Blaine
is starting
[Between Delays]
A person, the first I -
with few verbs left.
[All of Loneliness!!]
[The Monk and Her Seaside Dreams]
We looked around at the mess then went inside to discuss
our love of failures, every one of us.
[...]
As in the Gospel account, I believed in their belief.
[...]
It's lucky the mind freezes over before the heart.
— Oct 28, 2019 03:21PM
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A person, the first I -
with few verbs left.
[All of Loneliness!!]
[The Monk and Her Seaside Dreams]
We looked around at the mess then went inside to discuss
our love of failures, every one of us.
[...]
As in the Gospel account, I believed in their belief.
[...]
It's lucky the mind freezes over before the heart.
