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Mariela's avatar

Oh, this is lovelyπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™Œβ€οΈβ€πŸ”₯

Rafa Joseph's avatar

Thank you, Mariela! Please tell your friends. πŸ’«

AsukaHotaru's avatar

Twenty-one-year-old you really saw one impossible woman in a book and made every woman in rural New York compete with her, Rafa-chan..! That’s brutal. XDDD

Rafa Joseph's avatar

Asuka-chan! You cracked me up again. πŸ˜‚

It was more of a metaphor about the general hazards of projecting. With a tiny splash of the idea that, just maybe, most women aren't looking to be appreciated for their perceived virtue, and find this mode of appreciation offputting. So doubling down on an instinct to do this can become very counterproductive very fast.

Bah... okay. I can be brutal at times too. πŸ˜‰

The Great Wild Word's avatar

Nice work ⭐️

Rafa Joseph's avatar

Thanks! I try...

Roger Browne's avatar

for all that we may covet there is ever a simple cure

just close your eyes and dream you have the thing you want, for sure!

Rafa Joseph's avatar

Howdy, Roger.

It rhymes, so it... must work? Is that the rule we're going by?

Roger Browne's avatar

works for me :)

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Rafa Joseph's avatar

And what, praytell, does this have to do with my post?

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Rafa Joseph's avatar

Thank you for sticking with these poems, Christine.