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A Contemplative Compilation

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Against the Distraction of Social Comparison

July 28, 2021July 27, 2021Leave a comment

Her sense of self-worth shouldn’t be so debilitated by the success of others. It’s unbecoming and unhealthy. So I make her a social comparison blocker: custom-crafted cognitech packed into a hair clip, an alligator-style barrette that she can easily wear as an unobtrusive accessory to constantly, preemptively inhibit her mind’s habit of benchmarking herself against others. 

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021Leave a comment

July 23, 2021July 10, 2021Leave a comment

The Pleasure of Ossified Ideas

July 22, 2021July 23, 2021Leave a comment

We slip our hands into the soft, white gloves, and she picks up a bundle of thoughts about love. When she places it on my open palm, I think I’m in for some old-timey folklore about romance. But no.

July 19, 2021July 10, 2021Leave a comment

July 16, 2021July 7, 2021Leave a comment

What’s the Future of Getting Acquainted?

July 14, 2021Leave a comment

So I walk over and ask if she’d like to get together sometime, to try the deliciously maddening botanicals I’ve picked out. Her eyes glint all the more beguilingly as she smiles kindly—probably to soften the blow she’s about to verbally deal, having no doubt read the increased blood flow in my facial capillaries.

July 12, 2021July 7, 2021Leave a comment

Attempts at Mood Regulation

July 9, 2021July 9, 2021Leave a comment

Earrings here, a bird over there, clouds everywhere. So many lovely things sprinkled throughout this city, lying in wait until I’m close enough for them to effortlessly draw in and hold my gaze then attention with their visual siren songs. So I program my smartglasses to blur anything remotely pretty into sheer indiscernibility. 

July 7, 2021July 10, 2021Leave a comment

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