as well as this beating heart has been for some time.

iphone photographs.

(i) two apples in a green plastic bag after a cigarette.

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‘la collectioneuse’

i collect many things and keep them all close to me to the ceiling from the floor i'm tripping on them constantly (charlotte gainsbourg)

and from the qasidah’s that are gifted to us from the people of the past, this is a favourite for my heart.

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yâ tawwâb tub ‘alainâ yâ tawwâb tub ‘alainâ warhamnâ wandhur ilainâ warhamnâ wandhur ilainâ

o acceptor of repentance, please accept our repentance. o acceptor of repentance, please accept our repentance. please love us and look upon us. please love us and look upon us.

il sesho at the late night valentine.

and (after).

and (other things from the day).

what was my name? its meaning? these were her questions. and what was hers? i couldn’t quite catch it - i’ll ask her if i see her again. but it meant ‘little white one’ she says. when we had walked away to the opposite ends of where i had seen her from, i turned around.

she was sitting on a bench. her feet could not reach the ground and she was twirling them around. she looked happy.

camus’ journals from 1935-42. he makes an observation about the dance of the javanese.