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Skin falls around my nails like so many ribbons They gum up my keyboard Trying to stop my fingers from completing their duet Across these blank keys I pause To bite a nail To drink some water To look around me Fall out of the moment Life is just a series of pauses Flying by to fast to recognize But a moment isn’t a point It’s this big messy thing A moment is the edge of your vision No hard lines, just a melding of there and not there Like water flowing from one spot to the next No matter where it is
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Jul 2, 2021
Jul 2, 2021 at 12:39 PM UTC
To the nail biters
Skin falls around my nails like so many ribbons They gum up my keyboard Trying to stop my fingers from completing their duet Across these blank keys I pause To bite a nail To drink some water To look around me Fall out of the moment Life is just a series of pauses Flying by to fast to recognize But a moment isn’t a point It’s this big messy thing A moment is the edge of your vision No hard lines, just a melding of there and not there Like water flowing from one spot to the next No matter where it is
BlueFlask
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Jul 2, 2021
Jul 2, 2021 at 12:39 PM UTC
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