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#lithe
I wish I could be lithe agile and graceful limber and sure-footed not a single trip or tumble but instead I'm clumsy awkward and uncoordinated with butter fingers and two left feet I trip and tumble drop things and fumble I wish I could be lithe but instead the universe made me clumsy
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Sep 1, 2025
Sep 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM UTC
lithe
Lithe as breath— the flame bends never breaks— a matchstick’s dance poised on ash.
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May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM UTC
Slender Orange
She comes with a body. Lithe, plain. Two things Warchief said no, don't chew. Don't disgrace the Orc way. If you transgress it better be just to rip off her arms. You're in my palm. (I'm in whose palm?) He comes with a presence. Foreign. Alien of the Karwa Wastes. Don't you pass this chance on. You recognize, don't you, when better comes along? You're in my palm. (I'm in whose palm?) Douse the candles in the war hall for me my lines arrested caught in the splinters of dry throat won't reach the thunderous cry you repress, to release me.
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Jul 19, 2015
Jul 19, 2015 at 8:12 PM UTC
Captive