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     kurdish black tea with rose & cardamom from Murî ( rating: 3.6/5)  not usually a fan of astringent black teas but i liked how deep its sapidity still was, righteously balanced with the floral.                                                        Slicing ginger root yesterday urged me to consider why the verb "gingerly" is derived from the plant. What does it mean exactly to take delicate action upon a subject? The online thesaurus provided "precisely" and "accordingly" as its most equitable synonyms, but I can't help but feel dissatisfied with its supposed parallels. To take action gingerly, yes, entails a certain precaution, but not necessarily a causation for accuracy. It means to move small, to move dearly, to take gentle care with the way you have chosen to perform such action, more so for the sake of feeling ...
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as of late

 Lately I sew my slivers of loneliness into handmade shrouds

    when I hear slight lisps in the rain's sopranos

Lately I wash my hair with burning intent to discard

    how I sigh with relief as grief drips to drown the confessions

Lately I slide forks beneath the fracture of my ribs 

    while I prong the corpse of errors strapped to my heart

Lately I peer down dried-up wells chiding echoes of my mother 

    where I hear her chiding of the sacrifice it took to love me

Lately I dress myself in fantastical costumes of translation 

    why I wear cloche hats to guise my intersectional presence

Lately I snip at seams stitched onto my hips

    where I fail to understand implications of my mother's lessons

Lately I tend to inhale when someone I love comes close

    how I grieve my mind's audacity to heed the rationale









    



 


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