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elisa
is on page 13 of 96
"I was young here. Riding
the subway with my small book
as though to defend myself against
this same world:
you are not alone,
the poem said,
in the dark tunnel."
— Feb 06, 2026 07:57AM
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the subway with my small book
as though to defend myself against
this same world:
you are not alone,
the poem said,
in the dark tunnel."
lornapalmer
is finished
Someone like me doesn’t escape. I think you sleep awhile,
then you descend into the terror of the next life
— Jan 23, 2026 11:46AM
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then you descend into the terror of the next life
lornapalmer
is on page 70 of 76
You die when your spirit dies.
Otherwise, you live.
You may not do a good job of it, but you go on —
something you have no choice about
— Jan 19, 2026 02:34PM
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Otherwise, you live.
You may not do a good job of it, but you go on —
something you have no choice about
lornapalmer
is on page 58 of 76
She can't remember herself as that person
but she keeps thinking the pool will remember
and explain to her the meaning of her prayer
so she can understand
whether it was answered or not.
— Jan 15, 2026 06:26AM
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but she keeps thinking the pool will remember
and explain to her the meaning of her prayer
so she can understand
whether it was answered or not.
lornapalmer
is on page 50 of 76
I can verify
that when the sun sets in winter it is
incomparably beautiful and the memory of it
lasts a long time. I think this means
there was no night.
The night was in my head
— Jan 12, 2026 10:09AM
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that when the sun sets in winter it is
incomparably beautiful and the memory of it
lasts a long time. I think this means
there was no night.
The night was in my head
lornapalmer
is on page 39 of 76
This silence is my companion now.
I ask: of what did my soul die?
and the silence answers
if your soul died, whose life
are you living and
when did you become that person?
— Jan 10, 2026 05:10AM
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I ask: of what did my soul die?
and the silence answers
if your soul died, whose life
are you living and
when did you become that person?
lornapalmer
is on page 29 of 76
відчуття, наче кожен вірш звідси змінює моє сприйняття реальності
'My soul
shattered with the strain
of trying to belong to earth—
What will you do,
when it is your turn in the field with the god?'
— Jan 08, 2026 07:47AM
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'My soul
shattered with the strain
of trying to belong to earth—
What will you do,
when it is your turn in the field with the god?'
lornapalmer
is on page 16 of 76
death cannot harm me
more than you have harmed me,
my beloved life
— Jan 05, 2026 12:05PM
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more than you have harmed me,
my beloved life


















