Three brick buildings in Amsterdam. The left-most building, Savin's Italian restaurant, is a brown brick building. The other two buildings are brick and painted black. The right-most building is the Van Speyk Brasserie. Parked on a brick pathway in front of the buildings are dozens of bicycles to the right and a small red car on the left. The sky is cloudy.

feel slightly slanted,
like a dancing house on an
amsterdam canal

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looking for haikus
everywhere — and finding them
all over the place

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writing poems in
the backseat of the car and
counting syllables

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grief isn't something
you defeat or emerge from—
you just gotta swim.

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"La Alegria"

toledo is my
all-time favorite sandwich—
pairs so well with soup.

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Flowers for Mama | Short story by Mellifera Muses 'Some people let this world make them ugly, but not Mama — her light just keeps growing brighter.'

"Living so far away, and knowing Mama couldn’t care less about receiving a bouquet, I decided the best birthday gift I can give her is this story, this not-so-random love letter on a Sunday, just because."

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What else can I do,
under the weight of all this grief?
Just become a creature of the earth again,
I guess.

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Some days, the heartache hurts worse than others.

Like a bum knee on a rainy day.

Sometimes, your climate just irritates your old wounds, and you can't really put a finger on why.

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Bend your life
into whatever shape you like,
and know that sorrow
will thread through every part.

Even when your suffering
makes no sense, it is unavoidable.

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"Irish butter is special."
"Just like you."

- Overheard in a Dublin Cafe, couplet, 2023

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