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The Waves Vol 12: Dahlias and the Sea (opens the original)
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This latest edition of The Waves arrives salty-crunchy and sun-dried and is clipped on your laundry line. Take it in before yet ANOTHER thunderstorm wrecks it… quickly now, I smell lightning…ShareThe WavesWeekly Column Vol. 12Impressions of noteI am falling headfirst into a new page and the world outside is full of dahlias and dah
The Waves Vol. 11: Reading Journal Edition (opens the original)
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You’re on a large boat that is too small and you are experiencing the second-most uncomfortable dinner of your life — your back aches, there’s not enough fresh water and too much booze, it’s been sunny for way too long, and now the sun’s gone down and you’re cold. You’re miserable because no one told you how to dress for a boat dinner and everything is all wrong. You take a moment to peer over the edge of the boat, and in the ratty starboard water you see a paper boat just about to tip under — y
Last few days of the falls (opens the original)
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Having just experienced failure, and having been reminded about it, I wanted to take a minute to explore the hurt and identify what it looks like. I literally feel like wet paper ripping down the middle. Like something at the bottom of the sea. Like I could curl up and not speak for a long time. My body feels slower, heavier, stiller. I am embodying something that does deeply hurt. Foolscap Scraps is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a
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