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taiwanese grass jelly herb (3.1/5) (cooling, bitter mint sensation that feels light but has an intense climate. apparently, when steeped with agar agar or gelatin, it can thicken into a jelly. however, i would prefer to drink the herb as is.) "And surely you have seen, in the darkness of the most innermost rooms of these huge buildings, to which sunlight never penetrates, how the gold lead of a sliding door or screen will pick up a distant glimmer from the garden, then suddenly send forth an ethereal glow, a faint golden light cast into the enveloping darkness. How in such a dark place, gold draws so much light to itself is a mystery to me. Modern man, in his well-lit house, knows nothing of the beauty of gold, but those who lived in the dark houses of the past were not merely captivated by its beauty, they also knew its practical value, for gold in these dim rooms, must have served the function of a reflector. Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty." Tanizaki'...

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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