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PancakeSushi's avatar

You can set metronomes by this timbre; and each line is soaked in dreary monotony, so richly described. Maybe it's me, but it's not depressed, but a wink and a nudge, an subtle undercurrent of wry acceptance here. Bravo

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Josh's avatar

I truly appreciate your comment 🙏 Your thoughts are exactly what I was going for. 🤍

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Quinlee's avatar

"The coffee sighs, the chair receives, / the morning breathes its small routines."

Exquisite, Josh!

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Josh's avatar

Thank you so much! ❤️

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Quinlee's avatar

❤️❤️❤️

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Laura Coleman's avatar

Love the ending. Indeed we all feel the monotony somedays and yet the spark still lives if we can wake ourselves to feel it. 🙏🏼

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Josh's avatar

Thank you so much, Laura ♥️ 🫶

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Andrea Thorfinson's avatar

This is beautifully melancholic. The quiet ache of routine is so relatable.

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Josh's avatar

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Andrea ♥️

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Hina Gondal's avatar

Wow, this is so beautiful 😍❤️

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Josh's avatar

Thank you so much, Hina! ♥️

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imi's avatar

Beautifully written 🤍

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Josh's avatar

Thank you so much, Imi ♥️

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Phoeby's avatar

"Somewhere a storm forgets to start' - stayed with me. I like the rhythm of your poem, but what I loved most is that it isn’t heavy, like monotony. Quite the opposite.

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Josh's avatar

Aw, thanks for your kind words, Phoeby. Glad you liked it! 🙏💙

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Elijah Westin's avatar

Sometimes the monotonous bullshit is all we got. It's finding the joy in it thats difficult

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Josh's avatar

That's for sure. Thank you so much for reading. 🙏 ♥️

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T.S. Morgan's avatar

Man, what cohesion. The form and rhymes so well play into the monotony you can’t help but read it in an almost dismissive tone. Then the tiny ember in that last stanza. Very very well done. Thank you for the reminder that even the mundane can say something. I need to go write now.

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Josh's avatar

Hey, thank you so much! I was feeling pretty dull yesterday, so that was the spark I needed. So glad you liked it! 💙

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Sphere by Simran💌's avatar

Beautiful ❤️❤️

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