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manuwrites
Jun 15, 20241 min read
Warp
Today I gripped the steering wheel, fisted the gear shift, tapping the pedals across ancient mountain ranges, endless road. How the...
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manuwrites
Mar 16, 20241 min read
A few of my favorite things…
Chocolate wrappers that coordinate with book covers Garlic and butter sizzling in a pan Freshly cut grass Warm fluffy socks Washing...
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manuwrites
Nov 25, 20232 min read
Beautiful boy
He was a beautiful boy. It wasn’t for trying. He just was. Luminous inside and out. A nonchalant elegant beauty. And as such, it was no...
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manuwrites
Nov 11, 20232 min read
Nightmare
It is blue black everywhere. No horizon. No sound except for the water lapping against me. It’s freezing and I am alone. I start to sink...
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manuwrites
Sep 16, 20231 min read
Croipod farewell
A cream filled cannoli bursting with lemon flavor. Tastes like summer. This dazzling day full of promise, accompanied by outdoor cafe...
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manuwrites
Aug 5, 20231 min read
iterations
99 % oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, calcium, and phosphorus arms, legs, torso, head, hands, feet, skin, organs a tightrope artist,...
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manuwrites
Jul 15, 20233 min read
Dark places
The house on the top of the hill awakens. The large central window (its mouth) opens and its tongue unfurls (it’s actually the old lady...
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manuwrites
Jul 8, 20232 min read
Freedom snatchers
Can you smell that? It smells like wet metal, rusty metal and something else. Blood and piss? So, he may have been here. Maybe, still is...
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manuwrites
Jun 30, 20232 min read
Noitpecrep/Perception
Our perceptions of people and things are shaped by our prior experiences, our interests, and how carefully we process information. These...
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manuwrites
Jun 24, 20232 min read
Words
You know what it is like. You have been there. An argument wherein neither party is willing to budge. Each one deeply invested in winning...
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manuwrites
Jun 9, 20232 min read
Thoughts on loneliness
I have just finished reading Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and with the book resting on my lap and the bittersweet afterglow that...
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manuwrites
Jun 2, 20232 min read
Summer once more
The world is ever changing; every day, decade, generation. Arguably, due to global warming, so are the seasons. Extreme weather...
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manuwrites
May 19, 20232 min read
The Hairdresser
She told me she had spent six months living all alone after a bad break up. That was when she had learned to love and respect herself...
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manuwrites
May 12, 20232 min read
At the table
Obviously, decorating, cooking and aesthetic is personal, which is why one should never be apologetic with regards. People forget that...
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manuwrites
May 5, 20232 min read
The Ward
I can leave the ward whenever I want to. This frees me of any fear as I wait all alone in the stillness of the after hour within its...
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manuwrites
Apr 21, 20231 min read
Empty calories
Pretend. Unwanted shores. Classroom crime scenes. Got to get off. War. War. War. Rah! Rah! Rah! Show me the money! No one is responsible...
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manuwrites
Mar 24, 20233 min read
Rikki and Sam
Rikki wore herself, her other self, with aplomb. Hers was an expression of polite detachment and of slight boredom with it all. And...
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manuwrites
Mar 17, 20232 min read
Quality of language
Thwarted, incongruousness, felicitations, Frankfurter, compendium, plethora; such specificity of language. I love it! With so much being...
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manuwrites
Mar 3, 20232 min read
Actually doing alright…great even
Thinking, speaking, doing. Even when not doing still doing, even when not speaking still saying something and so it goes. This ever...
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manuwrites
Feb 17, 20232 min read
La Fiaccolata
Mystic. Pagan. The beginning. A procession makes its way along the winding mountain road, surrounded by the thick black inkiness of...
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