stones in my pocket - by shani - skin contact

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a palm full of gems, next time I see you

I find it easy to be expressive but hard to be vulnerable. Even in my openness, there is something precise and calculating, what can be said and what needs to be obscured. If you listen closely, you can hear the ticking— slight recalibrations between metered breaths. I do not know how to turn this off. which do you choose? shani 2022. When I am afraid of being vulnerable I tend to talk too much. I talk about things like pretty ceramic cups and the expression on strangers’ faces, light and fleeting things that feel buoyant, things I am easily taken by. I fill the space between us with these…

stones in my pocket - by shani - skin contact

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