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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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Four Needle Technique

Sewing recovers memory. Once,

my mother hurled a thread across the room 

but instead of tangling, it crossed a threshold and fled 

from the house and like a cat I chased it. 

In the wake of my sprint, I sensed my halting stomach

and a nation halving so I used her sewing kit to

kiss a needle by burning the tip to tie my thumb

with a string and constrict bloodflow to prick 

the little sliver of flesh  on the corner of the thumb and press 

to let the blood out to relieve

an oxymoron for the 38th parallel, to relieve

a meal that seems to last forever, to relieve

this thread I hid away in a shoebox that furled under my skin.

For years, it sliced through my wrists and for years,

it raveled and unraveled.


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