Anais Vionet Poet Free verse

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caffeine-nation

Last night we went to a caffeine dance-music rave.
It’s a wellness variation on clubbing where there’s 
no alcohol. It was accelerated and ‘K-pop’ infused, 
people in pastels of pink, turquoise, and chartreuse.

Imagine our favorite, legal, psychoactive substance, 
rendered in a hundred mocktail flavors, midnight-mango, 
pink-flamingo (cotton candy), sour-apple and Dream sickle.

Cats-n-boots and cats-n-boots and cats-n-boots 
- can you feel it? A hundred people, juiced and loose,
energized and emotionally unbound.

The unity of movement is a caffeine improvement.
It was appetite, performance and pleasure at once. 

The air smelled clean, sweet and sharp 
and we were feeling a bit sharpened too.

The crowd roared, like hungry lions, 
when the right song upped the mood.

We seemed to glide, like sprites 
the night shimmered with flashing lights
- these feels went on all night.

Modern joys involve curated sensations, 
heavily branded, with controlled stimulations.

Call it spiritual experience paired with self-management 
- yes, we got sugar-rushed and genuinely intoxicated - 
but a thin varnish of moral superiority came with participation.

Did I mention that the ‘new clubbing’ is hangover free? 
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Songs for this:
Lil Boo Thang by Paul Russell
Pull Up by Collect 200

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Vincine Fallica June 15, 2026 at 8:15 AM I could feel myself there! Normally I’d run a hundred miles away from any mass of undulating humanity, but your description makes it attractive for perhaps five or ten minutes. I’m guessing there’s a trade of CBD gummies outside the door or under the table for those finding tachycardia uncomfortable. / I found a seven-minute video on what Boots & Cats is and how to do it. Seems ready for a marching band arrangement. / Call me when people can mimic 'Finlandia' or 'An American in Paris' by mouth. / <3 Anais Vionet June 15, 2026 at 10:46 AM The cats and boots is just a rhythmic pattern I used for the beat. Noooo! The mass of undulating humanity is half the fun - until some guy starts butt pinching. We ALWAYS have VIP seats for when it gets too much. Oh, EVERYTHING is available at the clubs but we don't trust anyone - if we want gummies, we bring our own. It's amazing to me that you can just buy THC gummies on the Internet these days.