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David looks different under a hazy pink sky, at least to my wearied eye, anyways. Once he loomed tall and imposing, every inch the chiseled adonis, cold marble, a burning gaze that would see the world in flames, unafraid of his home turning to cinders in the blaze. But now the cracks appear... or maybe they were always here and only now are clear, in any case - the once-boy seems tired. World-worn, lost in thought, forlorn, back bent, nigh-broken, brow heavy with the weight of sorrows unknown, yet all too close to home. Perhaps wishing that night might finally fall on Florence.
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Apr 28
Apr 28, 2026 at 11:08 PM UTC
Michelangelo's child
David looks different under a hazy pink sky, at least to my wearied eye, anyways. Once he loomed tall and imposing, every inch the chiseled adonis, cold marble, a burning gaze that would see the world in flames, unafraid of his home turning to cinders in the blaze. But now the cracks appear... or maybe they were always here and only now are clear, in any case - the once-boy seems tired. World-worn, lost in thought, forlorn, back bent, nigh-broken, brow heavy with the weight of sorrows unknown, yet all too close to home. Perhaps wishing that night might finally fall on Florence.
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Apr 28
Apr 28, 2026 at 11:08 PM UTC
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