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Apr 2Liked by Arshi

the honey line..... came from the napowrimo site and im so glad they sent me here!!! this book has been added to the tbr bc of this amazing poem, thank u for sharing <3

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you are insanely kind!! thank you so so much! <3

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“I believed loneliness to be long-form yearning.” This resonates. Great piece!

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thanks a ton!! <3

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Apr 2Liked by Arshi

Beautiful and melancholy, thank you

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thank YOU!

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Apr 2Liked by Arshi

Especially like "I now believe loneliness to be sticky. I dipped my fingers into it ..."

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in hindsight, i am kinda proud of that metaphor so thank you so much! <3

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This is so wonderful. "Loneliness is sticky" is just seriously one of those turns of phrase that makes me jealous I didn't write it myself.

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ah thank you!! i had the vision for this metaphor while working my 9-5 ha

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