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@SubhankiIndia @lemon0804 @thelittlebystander @preciouspearl20 @TheMadPoetGold thank you so much!
            
            @ManuAndhale to have a reader breathe with the poem is everything. love that you pointed out the will of the hand. Resilience is often so silent and so damn messy, much like a leaning geranium . thanks s much for such a thoughtful reading.
            @novelistASH thank you so much for reading :) wow, "explorer without sails" describes the state of that geranium perfectly. while writing, i wasnt really thinkin much about the fight against consumerism, but rather the accidental evidence of survival that leaks out of an array of unremarkable things. to me, the estate sale is more of a intentions' graveyard . 
            "sky too full of predators"--love your phrasing. 
            really appreciate you digging into the liminality of this piece. it's in these waiting room moments where i think we truly find out what we're made of.
            
            @frayrays that's so kind of you. thank you for noticing that detail. knowing this reached you in that way kind of completes the poem, actually. so, thank you very much!

@seven_hues Thanks for the link and update!
            
            "a bruise teaching itself to fade" Great line!
            Comparing the frame to a body collapsing in wait is inspired.
            
            An interesting piece. The ephemeral or liminal nature of the poem gives it a searching quality. I think the way human suffering and struggling coping is compared helps to sell that thematic ideal, the way trauma can lead the self to being an explorer without sails, a bird with atrophied wings longing for a sky too full of predators. The fragility of consumerism, the pointlessness of engaging in that fight play an interest role as well.
            
            Kudos on the runner up. Best of luck on the next competition.

@frayrays by the way, I've just read your peice, I've literally pulled it apart, I wish I could in line comment on it. Its heartbreaking, Your metaphor the line about the frame to the fact that it sold cheap...there's that line about the blue sky that's not really there. There was so much in this poem that was actually amazing. So well deserved. 

@ManuAndhale thank you so much!

@nanbaaa hi, there. i'm doing alright, thanks for asking. hope you're doing well.

@seven_hues -  :)  :)

@Polllardii glad to hear you're feeling happy. thank you so much for the kind words and constant support. knowing my poems resonate with you truly means the world to me. i'm doing alright over here, taking things one word at a time.
            
            wishing you some restful moments today. always a joy to catch up! :)

@seven_hues -  I'm okay thank you, still very tired, but otherwise happy and plodding gently along!  Always nice to talk to all my friends on here.  I love your poems, keep writing (when you can, of course).  Hope you are okay.

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@MadisonCiabattari thank you very much! :)

@MadisonCiabattari congratulations on your poetry prize @seven-hues , I really enjoyed reading your poem.

@MadisonCiabattari thank you so much, madison :)

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@fionalaing aw, thank you <3 that actually means more than I can say. :))

You're welcome. :) Your words really speak to me.