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sarah hoenicke flores's avatar

this was so lovely to wake up to. thanks

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meghna rao's avatar

ty sarah!

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Cole Hersey's avatar

making me think about thing (object) vs idea (object as slop) and also now I really wanna re-read WCW. he so good. thanks for this!

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Yardena Schwersky's avatar

That last paragraph hit me so hard and perfectly tied this whole thing together. Great read.

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Jillian Conochan's avatar

Fabulous piece; I loved taking the journey through your—waterfall—of consciousness. I love where you landed in the end; that it's both the minutiae and the profound.

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Umang Kalra's avatar

Love

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Ricardo Castillo's avatar

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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Polly Ellen's avatar

My favorite poet. Started my day off just right. Thanks for this.

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meghna rao's avatar

ty for reading!

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Sarah Thankam Mathews's avatar

so good. also you + me + P need to talk abt Paterson

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meghna rao's avatar

! should have known you + P would have already read and had things to say. much to talk about.

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Dan Keane's avatar

This is great! It’s an espresso machine overfilling the counter here in NZ, with its forest of scattered grounds underneath. Things things things. Wonder if the trade war will change our relationship to object slop. What was made in Paterson left these shores long ago, right? Is it more slop across the distance of global supply chain? My kids Temu toys that last days, even hours? Or do vaguely moralizing questions of economic / craft / quality miss the whole point here. Objects is objects. Hmm. Really enjoyed this, thanks!

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meghna rao's avatar

you gave me lots more to think about. thanks for reading!

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Erin's avatar

The Florida coasts of stable weather…..HAHAHA just wait until hurricane season! 🤣🤣🤣 (lifelong Floridian here)

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meghna rao's avatar

hahaha, it really is a toss-up between harsh winters and hurricane season

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Jim Coe's avatar

Jim Jarmusch's "Patterson" (2016) compliments your words appropriately.

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meghna rao's avatar

i rewatched it just this weekend, what a beautiful film

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