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this is so helpful! I was explaining to someone recently all these problems I've been having with a new poetry project I've been edging my way around--and she looked at me and said, "I think you're getting ahead of yourself," which is of course a variation on what you've written here--that the way to figure it out is by getting into it

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I mean, easier said than done, I realize. But still! Get into it! :)

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How did you get inside my brain? I am printing this piece (yes, printing) and taping it to the wall above my desk. ☘️

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That's the best thing I've ever heard! Thank you!

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This made me lol not once but twice!

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haha oh good!

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So many instances in this piece where this was put so well, including this one - 'Now, how on earth is a person is supposed to figure out what a thing is before the thing exists?' Lovely read for a writer!

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Oh good, I'm glad it resonated! Thank you for reading!

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Oooh does this one resonate!

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Oh good! Or maybe I mean I'm sorry. Our brains really get in the way sometimes, don't they

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over-thinkers, unite!

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or maybe we shouldn't? or maybe we should? can't decide!

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both, I think.

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ok yeah I think you're right

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