Tattered breath flows out of me
Duvet and sheet sag silently
And yet, you, still.
Reminded unforgivingly
Of the things I cannot be
And which, I will.

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To fall is to be drawn to that which is beneath you. To fall is a condition, not an event.

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Thursday, 15 July 1847
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The humid air of the cape, which had overly embraced us to-day, began off the coast to consider greater ambitions. It would seek us out to-night for wet kisses and sudden discharges of electric energy. I feared for Ophelie in her barn loft, but reminded myself that the barn animals have always been safe there, and she would be as well.

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The reason 19th century dresses had white collars and white cuffs is that … they didn't! These are undergarments turned over the edges. #19thcentury dresses needed to be dry-cleaned before practical dry-cleaning existed.

Much underclothing was used to keep dresses from contact with skin; working women wore aprons to protect the fronts. At the end of the day, dresses were hung up and brushed lightly.

#midjourney please take note.

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Her father often jokes that Birdie shall become either a great pirate or politician. He does not seem to understand that it is tolerance that makes these two professions possible, and ultimately, inevitable.

https://earlywithdrawal.net/tolton/2022/06/22/the-salt-island-diaries

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Nobility is shaped by education and manners, but not engendered by either.

It is instead the child of sovereignty.

https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-7064-affe-ab0d-701113536816

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