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The metaphor you've captured in #25 is unexpected, and super-fitting because it's supposed to be a horrible year for allergies, and so I am having strong emotions about pollen right about now.
#26 is just haunting and especially so just thinking of the vast generations it can apply to. Just doing a teeny bit of genealogy research begins making my mind spin when thinking about the "what ifs" and the "who could these people have been if x, y, z didn't happen, who would I have been?" -- and I imagine that deeply rooted sense of ancestry has got to be amplified to a way greater degree for people with a closer connection to it religiously or with heritage coming from people who have experienced "plague years".
#27 is just wow! The internal questioning expressed is really powerful, and feels like sort of where the NaPo was leading in a way? Questioning how the past fits into the present, what can be held on to, what still is a burden etc.
These lines especially resonated: "how to not know what part of yourself
you’re supposed to love or hate in one easy step"
^^ Wow!
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