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Lonely Saturday again. The city hums outside in low, amber light, but here, silence has learned my shape. It lingers like smoke in a sunbeam, curling around me, soft and certain, and without it— I am unmade. I am now, between one exhale and the next, where everything waits, and nothing stays. Shadows press against the blinds, a single record spins somewhere downstairs, and the air tastes faintly of yesterday— like lipstick on a glass I once held, like a hand I almost touched in another lifetime. Time slows, then vanishes. Everything waits, and nothing stays.
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Dec 16, 2025
Dec 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM UTC
Between One Exhale and the Next
Lonely Saturday again. The city hums outside in low, amber light, but here, silence has learned my shape. It lingers like smoke in a sunbeam, curling around me, soft and certain, and without it— I am unmade. I am now, between one exhale and the next, where everything waits, and nothing stays. Shadows press against the blinds, a single record spins somewhere downstairs, and the air tastes faintly of yesterday— like lipstick on a glass I once held, like a hand I almost touched in another lifetime. Time slows, then vanishes. Everything waits, and nothing stays.
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30/F/Croatia
Dec 16, 2025
Dec 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM UTC
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