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You can’t tell when an insect is in pain
but he must have been and you put him
in the grass so softly
where I found and stomped him.
And I think it surprised us
what we each defined as mercy.
— Dec 16, 2025 07:09PM
but he must have been and you put him
in the grass so softly
where I found and stomped him.
And I think it surprised us
what we each defined as mercy.
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Touch-starved as he was, he couldn’t bear to let us go, his embrace becoming panicked and painful. As he grew, we began to fear the strength of his sadness.
— Dec 16, 2025 06:04PM
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“Bear beauty for as long as you are able and if you spot a sunning warbler glowing like a prism, remind yourself— joy is not a trick.”
— Dec 16, 2025 05:55PM
