brown, a burnt one, is the colour
of this table with edges as perfect
as the borders of some nations
with OCD in geometry, atop there are
tea, two types, the calming chamomile
i take during those days of the month
because it helps relieve the cruel
clenching of my ovary, and there is
green tea to cheer up my gut—
digest, digest, digest, faster,
faster, faster. i remember, my feet
as pink as a newborn mouse, a sign
of its tiredness carrying the excess
number on the weighing scale.
since fourth grade. i learned
that fat and beautiful is never
used in one sentence.
i think i need a cup of chamomile now.
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08.14.2020
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For dVerse MTB: Stream of Consciousness Writing
Briefly: In stream-of-consciousness writing, the poet or novelist turns to the flow of ideas, observations and emotions that invade our consciousness, many times hovering just below the surface. Novelist Virginia Woolf described this process as “an incessant shower of innumerable atoms.”
I like this very much. So much in here.
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thank you so much, Ms. Sarah!
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I love the inner dialogue and can really hear you as you sip your tea. You caught your whirlpool of emotions in one sitting.
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Thank you, Grace!
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Great sharing of your stream. I love the matter-of-fact way you tell us of the devastating lesson, “i learned
that fat and beautiful is never
used in one sentence.”
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for some reasons it flowed and flowed when put my guards down. thank you, Ms. Victoria!
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Such a whirlpool of emotions here! I love how honest and touching your stream is 💝💝
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thank you for appreciating this stream, Sanaa!
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An honest, thoughtful stream of thoughts … I enjoyed this and at 9:06am I am ready for one more cup of tea.
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tea cup cheers, Ms. Helen! Thank you!
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Tea-released thoughts! Great read.
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ah! true. thank you, Beverly!
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Very nicely done. I believe we take on a lot of negative images that start as you say … in childhood.
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i agree, Dwight. i think wounds during our earliest years scar the deepest. thank you.
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I think we can all attest to that!
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definitely!
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I am extremely thin and think the same. Thin and beautiful in the same sentence? Let us both change that, okay?
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Aww. Yes, we will, Mary. Thank you!
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a very honest insightful flow Rosema … tea borders and diet, you covered so much in so few words!
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thank you so much, Kate. a lot of things flow out when we let down our guard, i think. 🙂
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and it’s refreshing to do that now and then .. how are you?
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i agree. right now we are grieving. a close family member has passed away today.
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sorry for your loss, take good care of each other as it’s an emotional roller coaster!
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thank you, dear Kate.
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❤
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I love the way you use the different teas to tell me about the moods and the negative thoughts… may there be many days of green tea.
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agreed. thank you, Bjorn.
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