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Elliot

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gym selfies and poetry πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ NYC #lunchpoems

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Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: Song Β· 2006 Β· Duration 7:34

today’s emo gym playlist is just the β€œbatter my heart” aria from Doctor Atomic on repeat.

and yes i’m singing along. (terribly.)

02.03.2026 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyway this is a joke about the american president’s increasingly corpse like appearance.

02.03.2026 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I believe the head used to be regularly stolen by UCL students as a prank.

02.03.2026 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

it’s a perfect album.

02.03.2026 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mr. Betham’s doctors report that he is in excellent health and the recent disappearance of his head is simply prophylactic in nature.

02.03.2026 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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the person you’re talking to just stopped after taking preworkout and bundling up for the outdoors to sit on the side of his bed and mouth along to β€œthe predatory wasp” with his eyes closed. because feelings.

02.03.2026 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cat with a serious look on its face ALT: a cat with a serious look on its face
02.03.2026 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This song takes me back to my junior year of college feeling this crazy combo of religious zeal and alienation/despair. I cried in bathrooms a lot that year.

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Yeah this has been on repeat for a few days now. Good stuff.

02.03.2026 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

and he takes
and he takes
and he takes

02.03.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

oh i suck at eating. daily struggle. daily.

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Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens on AppleΒ Music Song Β· 2005 Β· Duration 5:53

Happy Casimir Pulaski day to all the Chicagoans. ❀️

β€œOn the floor at the great divide / With my shirt tucked in and my shoes untied / I am crying in the bathroom”

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The art of eating isn’t hard to master.

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congrats! that is such a great feeling!!!

02.03.2026 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

if you cut off your head it sometimes becomes possible to see what you actually look like but you have to surprise yourself

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Aubade Not in remorse β€”The good not done, the love not given, time Torn off unusedβ€”nor wretchedly because An only life can take so long to climb Clear of its…

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Today’s (bonus) poem: Philip Larkin, β€œAubade”
#lunchpoems

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β€œAnd he was eaten by worms and died.”

02.03.2026 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œology” is not a root fwiw.

02.03.2026 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

the strategic hands folded in front of mouth is very important for times like this

02.03.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

theology professor in graduate school.

02.03.2026 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i had a professor once tell me that i have a melancholic nature due to my β€œmediterranean blood”

i have no mediterranean blood.

02.03.2026 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

i’m half assyrian and people somehow universally guess that I am from the balkans.

02.03.2026 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today’s poem: Stanley Kunitz, β€œRoute Six”
#lunchpoems

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i do.

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β€œWe are informed by the texts of the gospels that in this Church and in its power are two swords; namely, the spiritual and the temporal.”

- Boniface VIII, β€œUnam Sanctam”

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the latter

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I snoozed for an hour this morning.

02.03.2026 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 298    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't understand why they do this stuff.

02.03.2026 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apophasis.

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