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alyssa
is on page 306 of 356
“I call that singing bird my friend
though I know nothing else about him
and he does not know I exist”
— Feb 26, 2025 11:35PM
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though I know nothing else about him
and he does not know I exist”
alyssa
is on page 302 of 356
“as I walk out through the early garden
only the day and I are here with no
before or after and the dew looks up
without a number or a present age”
— Feb 26, 2025 11:34PM
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only the day and I are here with no
before or after and the dew looks up
without a number or a present age”
alyssa
is on page 291 of 356
“following a hope that keeps
beckoning me”
— Feb 26, 2025 11:32PM
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beckoning me”
alyssa
is on page 288 of 356
“only when I
began to think of losing you did I
recognize you when you were already
part memory part distance remaining
mine in the ways that I learn to miss you
from what we cannot hold the stars are made”
— Feb 26, 2025 11:32PM
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began to think of losing you did I
recognize you when you were already
part memory part distance remaining
mine in the ways that I learn to miss you
from what we cannot hold the stars are made”
alyssa
is on page 238 of 356
“my life which now I have slept through to wake in a dark house talking to the shadows about love”
— Feb 26, 2025 11:27PM
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alyssa
is on page 204 of 356
“it is the year in which you are sitting there as you are
in the morning speaking to me and I hear
you through the burning day and I touch you
to be sure and there is time there is still time”
— Feb 26, 2025 11:26PM
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in the morning speaking to me and I hear
you through the burning day and I touch you
to be sure and there is time there is still time”
alyssa
is on page 93 of 356
“Will any come back will one
Saying yes
Saying look careful yes
We will meet again”
— Feb 26, 2025 11:22PM
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Saying yes
Saying look careful yes
We will meet again”
alyssa
is on page 80 of 356
“Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color.”
— Feb 26, 2025 11:21PM
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Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color.”
Moira-ji
is starting
(here together, cont.)
we see the shores blurring past as we hold
each other in the rushing current
the daylight rushes unheard far above us
how long will we be swept along in the daylight
how long will we cling together in the night
and where will it carry us together
w.s. merwin
— Nov 12, 2024 01:53AM
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we see the shores blurring past as we hold
each other in the rushing current
the daylight rushes unheard far above us
how long will we be swept along in the daylight
how long will we cling together in the night
and where will it carry us together
w.s. merwin
Moira-ji
is starting
Here Together
These days I can see us clinging to each other
as we are swept along by the current
I am clinging to you to keep you from
being swept away and you are clingjng to me
to keep me from being swept away from you
(cont.)
— Nov 12, 2024 01:52AM
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These days I can see us clinging to each other
as we are swept along by the current
I am clinging to you to keep you from
being swept away and you are clingjng to me
to keep me from being swept away from you
(cont.)










