aligned with body tension and a clenched mouth, a sound standing in for the unspoken words clamped and held inside the throat. cousin of the bright, brittle smile and the hard stare
(, Wed 24 Jun 2026, 14:16, Reply)
(, Wed 24 Jun 2026, 15:39, Reply)
I'm going with bruised-by-life, drawing-in-of-horns, yet knowing, quietly, wearily, deep inside, that one is right on this, often has been right, in fact, and often ignored, will be again, but still, one is right, that kind of thing, hmmm?
(, Wed 24 Jun 2026, 20:21, Reply)