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Handsome Vanilla

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“As a boy, Theodore, you sat for long hours On the shore of the turbid Spoon With deep-set eye staring at the door of the crawfish's burrow, Waiting for him to appear, pushing ahead, First his waving antennae, like straws of hay, And soon his body, colored like soap-stone, Gemmed with eyes of jet. And you wondered in a trance of thought What he knew, what he desired, and why he lived at all.”

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“Being a child from outside, caregivers aren’t invested in your emotional development as much. They assume that having a roof over your head and food is enough. You can’t get away with being honest in these kinds of conversations without someone attempting to throw in some positivity and gratitude. But it never is about that; children need their emotional needs watered. And openly discussing this is where we begin to rectify the past.”

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