Anais Vionet Poet Free verse

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lesson in love

(I wrote this when I was 16 - in covid lockup)

Which do you like better "coronapocalypse" or "coronapause"?
I like "coronapause".

Back when you could do such things…
I'm in the Ulta Beauty store, in Athens, Georgia, at the Clarins makeup counter looking things over - I pick up a 'Restorative Cream' - the little label says it'll make you look 10 years younger - I drop it like a hot rock - How ridiculous - who wants to look 6 again?

the other night
I was watching one of the “Final Destination” movies the other night and I screamed in horror at some gloriously gruesome death and one of my cats (Belichik) lounging in back of me atop the couch totally freaked out and attacked me.

I was shocked - and intrigued. It turns out that if I scream and run around the house he'll chase me - as if he were a lion and I were prey on an African plain - it’s so funny.

Belichik has gotten into it, as if he knows we now have new games to play. 

If I crank up a playlist and sing and dance around my room he’ll go absolutely crazy - we’ve started having dance parties.

Belichik and I have been brought so much closer by these new and exciting activities that I find myself really letting go and telling him all my secrets.

It’s a lesson in love.
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lessons in love by level 42

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Vincine Fallica June 22, 2026 at 3:59 AM I think we've must've had a dozen cats. Lost some to the road, to an owl, a raccoon, one to a truck that ran off the road and crashed into our house, and old age. Had six at one time when one of our three had three kittens. I can still miss 'Bucky'. He would run to the stairwell when I came home from my RN night shift and we'd play tag through the banisters. / This one's new to me and a treat to read. / <3 Anais Vionet June 22, 2026 at 6:25 AM 6! Did you live in the country back then? I've only had two - Belichick and Tom Brady - I can get sad if I dwell on leaving them for school. I'm trying to post more frequently (for no real reason - a challenge?) and using old diary entries to fill the gap. =]