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Variation on the word sleep

By Margaret Atwood. My favorite love poem 🌹 I would like to watch you sleeping,  which may not happen. I would like to watch you,  sleeping. I would like to sleep  with you, to enter  your sleep as its smooth dark wave  slides over my head and walk with you through that lucent  wavering forest of bluegreen leaves  with its watery sun & three moons  towards the cave where you must descend,  towards your worst fear I would like to give you the silver  branch, the small white flower, the one  word that will protect you  from the grief at the center  of your dream, from the grief  at the center. I would like to follow  you up the long stairway  again & become the boat that would row you back carefully, a flame in two cupped hands  to where your body lies  beside me, and you enter  it as easily as breathing in I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed & that necessary.

@arimar

Oct 22, 2024

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for kaleska

i am big arms and awkward but gentle hands that are trying to hold you drawing soft, swirly patterns on your shoulder we can (both) pretend i'm better at this (than i am) cupping your knuckles in my palm i tried to hold your fingers, but mine started trembling so i had to let you go a primitive murmur scratches in me, and warmth spills over my lips pours from my throat hits the air and frosts over into silk i spin it with my tongue slide it over my teeth keep it moving, light and soft bring it higher if you don't smile my mom used to do this for me her hands were steadier i won't touch your hair, or ask to my fingers will stay slow and thoughtful i haven't shifted positions in a few minutes maybe if i can relax, you can feel safe muscles declenching like they're shifting through a wash cycle are you falling asleep? you could, if you wanted to i wouldn't mind or has this gone on for too long? do you want to stay? i wish i could be more for you

@selectmorsels

Sep 30, 2024

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not sure what this is saying and i wrote it

i toss and i turn with the pillow staying put, welcoming a new wave of anxiety with each movement 2:18 on the clock and the fan adds more momentum to my unattainable thoughts buried in the need to see, and learn the unknown yet, i lay on the surface as a parched rock in the middle of my favorite beach, reeking of the current simplicities of life though its surely a blessing in disguise which i might recall five years from now standing by, holding onto my innocence, waiting to believe in a miracle or see a comet pass by in the dark night sky

@macar0ni2

Mar 1, 2025

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Swimming Holes

Don’t get me wrong, I love going to the beach in the summer but something about swimming holes hits different. There’s a sense of real nostalgia and joy that captures the true essence of summer. I grew up in Minnesota also known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, so maybe this is a way to connect with my roots. There are lots of swimming holes to choose from even as close as New Jersey. One of my favorites is more-so a lake but it’s surrounded by mountains and has a hot dog stand. It’s called Bellayre Beach and it will make you feel like a kid again.

@kareem

Mar 22, 2022

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weekly foot massages

i’m getting one right now. this is how you stay young forever. if you’re feet don’t hurt your body won’t either.

@kareem

Feb 10, 2024

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linkedin

I believe it is important for everyone to be gainfully employed. We must contribute to a productive society. The more emails we send, the more productive the society will be. The more productive society is, the more opportunities we will have to get promoted. As my unemployed father always said to us before he left my family to start a new one, "Idle hands are the devil's workshop."

@kareem

Nov 13, 2023