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cracking the doors of intimacy - by anniething & anniewhere

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if we meet at a party, let’s skip the small talk. i don’t really care for your favorite restaurant in new york, or when you arrived into the city, or which neighborhood you live in — i mean, i do, but there are so many other topics i want to know first. like: what are your dreams, your nightmares? what are you running towards & away from? i want to know what you think about identity, the last time you’ve called your father. my voice strains over the deep 808s—i hope you can’t hear my desperation, that the bass is too loud. can we strip away the pulsing lights, the stench of sweat and soju, until it’s just us two? there’s the idea of breaking the touch barrier in dating1, but i’m way more fascinated with how to break the intimacy barrier in budding friendships. sometimes it happens immediately—perhaps, the first convo at a social gathering. other times, it’s gradual—it takes several meetings before some poem, some article, some thing triggers a mutual spark. most times it never happens,

cracking the doors of intimacy all i want is to see you & be seen anniething & anniewhere Apr 03, 2024 34 8 5 Share if we meet at a party, let’s skip the small talk. i don’t really care for your favorite restaurant in new york, or when you arrived into the city, or which neighborhood you live in — i mean, i do , but there are so many other topics i want to know first. like: what are your dreams, your nightmares? what are you running towards & away from? i want to know what you think about identity, the last time you’ve called your father. my voice strains over the deep 808s—i hope you can’t he

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