Comments | mac_arthur_park: LJI, Week 10: "Don't Think I Can't See You" (open topic)

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LJI, Week 10: "Don't Think I Can't See You" (open topic)

Jan 05, 2020 08:35

I love the kitchen curtains: white duck cloth with cherries, a print that echoes the tattoos on my ankles. I ended up stitching them by hand, because I have no idea where my sewing machine in the rubble of boxes that are the cairn for my past life ( Read more... )

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nikkiii_brown January 5 2020, 14:35:46 UTC

This was powerful and beautifully done. *hugs*

kittenboo January 5 2020, 18:10:27 UTC

I understand that ghost, I have one too. Such good writing in this, just beautiful.

adoptedwriter January 5 2020, 23:06:08 UTC

Oh my gosh! Wow!

karmasoup January 7 2020, 04:17:19 UTC

I know this story. I don't have the curtains... I've pretty much gotten rid of most reminders of my former life. My baby takes up enough attention to drive out most other thoughts. It's been over 7 years since I escaped the last one, so now I don't even get haunted in dreams anymore. Thank you for sharing this.

tsuki_no_bara January 7 2020, 15:24:03 UTC

i got totally stuck on a mental image of the curtains with the cherries, which i know is not at all the point of the entry, but i kept thinking "how cute they must be!". it took me a minute to figure out that you were weaving present and past and that there wasn't really a runaway bride outside the window, just the memory of a former life, but once i realized what you were doing i really enjoyed the way you set everything up.

also, i bet the curtains are really cute.