#introspection.

spice : cinnamon. warm and spicy and indescribably, innately, homely. a complimentary aromatic to sweet and savoury flavors.

weather event / natural disaster : sun shower. a thousand infinitesimal fingers gently tapping, carried by a heavy breeze. set aflame in the mid-morning sun.

colour : burnt orange. the color of dawn skies and embers. a fruit whose peel can be a tender gesture of absolute love.

colour of the sky : the warm gold of an april sunrise. when the air is filled with bird song and bread is broken between families.

planet : venus. second from the sun with the densest atmosphere. a brilliant yellow obscured in clouds. the brightest point in the skyline, the evening and morning star.

animal : dog. specifically a herding dog. taciturn and ardently loyal.

houseplant : aloe vera. a hardy, bristly, plant used to soothe burns and wounds. thick-skinned but jelly beneath.

weapon :  hatpin. an improvised weapon and popular choice of women fending off the advances of men.

subject / major : business management or hospitality. an area of study devoted to building the infrastructure by which a business breathes and thrives.

gemstone / mineral : emerald. a gemstone that forms within metamorphic rock, rocks formed under intense heat and pressure, and hydrothermal veins. symbolic of fidelity and renewal.

makeup product : rouge. warm reds and pinks, emulating the rush of blood and tender expression. glimmer-flecked and velvety.

candy : caramel. soft, simple, and classic. a sweet that can be easily bought or painstakingly made in the home on the stovetop.

fear : harm to others. lizzie has endured a lot to mitigate what harm might spill out from her chosen life and rationalizes these choices as such.

method of long-distance travel : boat. old-fashioned and slow-moving. when I think of lizzie, I think of ferries cutting through gentle waves, clustered with families and commuters, alive with the various sounds of daily life.

art style : rococo. there's something gauzy and dreamily nostalgic about the pastel palettes and gilding that I feel lizzie would be drawn to. the emphasis of leisure and love and softer lives.

historical period : contemporary.

wood : oak. a hardwood from which the bones of houses are built. a slow-growing tree representing longevity and endurance.

mythological creature : a brownie. tutelar spirits associated with the home and hearth. a quiet force with mischievous tendencies.

three emojis : 💌💓🖕

celestial body : 4 vesta. a towering body named for the roman goddess of family. the mother of meteorites.

cricket in more than six memes

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ARM CANDY — Chrissy He acts like a child, I act like a wife / As he tries to conquer each part of my life / I love him in peace while he loves me in strife

CURSES — The Crane Wives This house says my name like an elegy / Oh my, oh my / Echoing where my ghosts all used to be / Oh my, oh my / There's still cobwebs in the corners / And the backyard's full of bones

VENUS IN THE SEA — Ha Vay I swear I could fall in love with anyone / All it takes is an open heart and three false starts / And I'll dive in deep / I'll dive in

BIBLICAL LOVE — Flower Face I miss my ten year old dreams / Now I sleep with a knife / I'm baptized in the night / I want to be faithless and pure / I want to be quiet and sober / I want to be untouched and clean / 'Til you follow me home / And you take that from me

HEADLESS HORSEMAN— The Microphones My soft hands replaced by claws / You turned me into a stray dog / From a mighty human man / Oh, what a loss /Oh, what a loss

list five(ish) songs that you associate with your muse. ( bonus: include lyrics if you'd like! )

THE PACKAGE.

eye on what i'm after / i don't need another friend / nod and watch your lips move, if you need me to pretend / because clever got me this far, then tricky got me in / i'll take just what I came for, then I'm out the door again / lie to get what I came for, lie to get what i need now, lie to get what i'm craving, lie and smile to get what's mine

BLOOD RED.

time for some militance / the fight will come down to us and them / joined we could represent, the last gasp of the one-percent / i can see that level field / won't start 'til they lie / blood red, blood red / until I'm fucking dead / blood red, blood red, blood red, yeah

SEARCH AND DESTROY.

i'm a streetwalking cheetah with a heart full of napalm / i'm a runaway son of a nuclear a-bomb / i am the world's forgotten boy, the one who searches and destroys / honey gotta help me please / somebody gotta save my soul / baby, detonate for me / look out honey, 'cause i'm using technology / ain't got time to make no apology / solar radiation in the dead of night, love in the middle of a fire fight

T.N.T.

i'm dirty, mean, i'm mighty unclean / i'm a wanted man, public enemy number one / understand? / so lock up your daughter, lock up your wife / lock up your back door, run for your life / the man is back in town, so don't you mess me 'round / 'cause i'm t.n.t., i'm dynamite / t.n.t., and i'll win the fight / t.n.t., i'm a power load / t.n.t., watch me explode

PLEASE.

watch the white turn to red / it fills up the hole but it grows somewhere else instead / all my life ( yeah yeah yeah yeah, but it just left me dead ) / the world is over and i realize it was all in my head / now everything is clear ( everything is clear ) / i erase the fear ( i erase the fear ) / i can disappear ( i can disappear ) / please, i don't ever want to make it stop / you can never leave me, will you please complete me / never be enough to fill me up, never be enough to fill me up

♫ BUT A THING OF BEAUTY / WILL NEVER FADE AWAY !