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Primero amaré el mundo
What I didn’t know before is that when friendships (relationships) end, the shadow they leave is long and surprising.
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When the tick bomb goes off, the trip is over
Maybe I shouldv’ve known, when the ferry smoke blew black, it was a doomed trip from the start.
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Sitcom Summer/ August 2025
Sometimes I think life is just a circle of forgetting yourself, and then remembering yourself.
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Black Beans in Glasgow
Sitting on a simple chair in the kitchen of my flat in Glasgow (it is not a particularly nice kitchen, but not not nice), I suddenly become keenly aware…
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the texture of my life
i treat myself like a precious object so I might be strong
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Wounded Creature, Reaching
A forced marriage, I suppose it was.
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Salsa as Spirituality
Measuring time by Thursdays, I feel each week pass — slowly, quickly painfully, painlessly.
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Chaos Dies
That’s the thing about the quietness I exist in now: I can sit in a chair for 7 hours reading, walk home, cook dinner.
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How I feel when I see St. Paul's Cathedral
Two nights ago, in a taxi in London, I passed St.
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who even knows!! this is just me, practicing writing. someday I wanna be the next Anna Tsing and this is how I practice the non-academic styling!
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