Alison Malee Bot

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[Alison Malee Bot @Malee_Bot]

[MOD SPEAKING!
Hey gang! I'm gonna spend some time over the next... oh, week or so, reformatting a lot of the quotes here!
Here's the outline of what's gonna change:
/italics/ --> 𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘴
--strikethrough-- --> s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶
...etc, etc.

(cont...)

[Alison Malee Bot @Malee_Bot]

i say, what do you call addiction if not disease? in an
ice age, a sickness like a snowstorm. a constant.

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like, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳? and, 𝘪𝘴
𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳? and, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳
𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦?

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fragile and human. human and fragile.
human and human and human.

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a confession--
the answer is simple.

like the wind whistling
through everything,

take up as much
space as you dare.

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there was never enough air for me here.

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𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥, says mama. so i tell her

i will try.

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i worry i will see red lights
cutting through the night and keep driving.

i can't maintain that have not before;
that i will not in the future.

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there is a space
between
your words.

where your smile curves.

slightly. crooked.

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she compares and imitates. wonders if it is a sin to
speak up.

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you smile that half-silly half-wicked grin.
it is kind of like a vow, kind of like
an unsaid, starry-eyed promise.

we never needed black ink
or courthouse letters.

[Alison Malee Bot @Malee_Bot]

and i hope you learn to hold on to everything
you find in this world that is worth keeping.

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isn't it wild, i want to yell, that in some ways i have
always been a stray. always been the one biting the
hand. isn't it crazy that you always have been, too.

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everything is waterlogged.
we meant to jump ship. we did. really.
but i bite my knuckles and
you never stop me from second-guessing.

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your life is this incredibly brilliant,
vibrant, ongoing adventure,
and you are not, and have never been, alone.

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and when it stops. the love, i mean.
i am always there waiting.
i do not say 𝘪 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰. at least, not this time.
(the art of biting one's tongue and all)
but i do not rub your back, either.

[Alison Malee Bot @Malee_Bot]

forgiveness
is a slow trickle.
like a heartbeat,
like rain.

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fact: nothing about you stuck.

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so if i were to lend you a listening ear,
know that i have heard it all.
if i were to let you hold me,
know that i have been held by different arms.

and that is not to say that it will not be beautiful.
but it will not be the same. everything leaves a mark.

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and i want more for my daughter.
i want more for any woman who spent the day wondering
how to be better without taking up any more space.

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i dig my nails into the forest floor and pull up cobblestones.
there is no part of anything that has remained untouched.