Up On Waking

lately i've been
feeling naked
embarrassed
wondering what
being totally open

so i opened a book
of Proust randomly
thinking this or these
pages will shine some
kind of truth but it didn't
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Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 20, 2019 at 9:08 PM
No stichomancy there, but I may have found some here.
Connelly Avatar
June 21, 2019 at 6:08 PM
I knew of no such word Maureen, but I've been doing that all my life; especially with the dictionary.
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