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Wyatt's avatar

you work at the based factory

mila's avatar

holy shit. this is beautifully crafted in style and prosody. i love your work son

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you made my day, thank you really really really so so much❤️❤️❤️

🦆 William Melgar's avatar

This is so hurtful to me, but like, not in a bad way. I felt so sad almost physically painful to read through this work, son. Sonya? Son is funny, but you're not my son your Michael Jackson, Son.

I felt so crushed about how no matter how much it hurts, war doesn't care about you and your grave. This is what really hurt the most to read and I'm glad you were able to talk about this in such a way that you did, Sonya. Really hoping the best for you and thank you for this work. 🤍

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thank you very much for reading and for your time!! It means a lot to me that the story translated in a way that made you feel something 🤍🤍

M‎'s avatar

Who are we if we did not descend into the cellar? Some parts are relatable, positive ones: summer vacation in the countryside in Eastern Europe. Avoiding going into dramatic details, more negative ones: pre-EU EE city.

Some favorite lines:

"but our experience tells us we have the most time we have ever experienced"

"i heard a lot of dogs crying in my childhood"

"you didn’t like it that I didn’t eat flesh anymore"

"most graves ruled by nature"

I tried to capture some of what you did here in my "Abattoir" poem, but yours has more soul, and it's the type of testimonial those circles in NYC give literary awards for.

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This made my day, thank you so much!!

I try to write memorable sentences, so the fact that they resonated with you means so much to me.

Thank you for being so thoughtful! I can’t wait to read your poem as well, and thank you again.

Mac Sterling's avatar

Sometimes you read something and you are 99.9% sure that the author didn’t make any of it up. Some things are too specific to be fiction. Or maybe it was just the photos. But I think everything in that story was 99.9% true.

Consciousism's avatar

Wow. I don't know what else to say at the moment.

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thank you so so much! 🥹❤️❤️❤️

Madeline Legere's avatar

Poignant piece of writing… I can feel the sadness.

Gustáv's avatar

Wow this was just remarkable and so touching. Absolutely beautiful

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thank you so much! it means a lot to me that you enjoyed it 🤍

dovecot's avatar

the meat is jellied and the suitcase is jammed… and it’s all a bit clogged i feel. bruising story son