Tag Archives: heart

loose lips sink ships

that phrase has been circling around my head for the past hour or so. and even though it’s not something i would necessarily agree with it, there’s something lyrical about the phrase. i wonder what i could do with a … Continue reading

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sun exposure

shortly before performing the skin cancer surgery, the surgeon asked me if i had been exposed to the sun very much as a child… which, upon reflection, confused me. at first i thought she was asking if i had been … Continue reading

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the desert stars

From Wind, Sand and Stars (1939)  by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Once again I had found myself in the presence of a truth and had failed to recognize it. Consider what had happened to me: I had thought myself lost, had touched … Continue reading

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x-treme sports

the elaborate contortions of … .. of a heart that dares to go to the most strenuous x-tremes to protect itself from even the faintest wisps of abandonment. … of a heart that deflects and negates and strategizes and schemes … Continue reading

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decongestions

gosh, how unfamiliar this place looks. it’s been such a long time since i’ve visited, i can scarcely remember where the light switches are, or the lights, or the walls that house the switches and the lights. it’s so dark … Continue reading

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red leaves

i have put off writing, put it off beyond the nether reaches of the day. a day i will most remember for making a moment to speak to you, dear imaginary reader, and to express my gratitude in the hopes … Continue reading

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The Eiffel Tower

I’m not sure how to engage in conversation with one of my co-workers. I must first say that not once in my 3 years of working there has anyone asked me anything about myself or anything about my non-work life … Continue reading

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the consortium

an oscillating consortium of bitterness and exuberance, resentment and humility, fears of hopes gone asunder, an anxious plea to the fire gods to extinguish such fears, a new dent on an old car, a joy in exertion, a numbness that … Continue reading

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solidifying

i am writing to you now to distract myself from things i could be writing about if i had the clarity and the courage to write about them. i can trace some of my reluctance to some day-old kale salad … Continue reading

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8 questions

have you ever felt this urgency to say something, to put something out there in the world, but you have no sense what that would be or how to articulate even the question of what it would be? have you … Continue reading

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