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aud's avatar

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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Arshi's avatar

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

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Michelle Moon's avatar

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

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Arshi's avatar

thanks a ton!! <3

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Lianne Wilson's avatar

Beautiful and melancholy, thank you

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Arshi's avatar

thank YOU!

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Elizabeth Boquet's avatar

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

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Arshi's avatar

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

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House of the Blue Lights's avatar

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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Arshi's avatar

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

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