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On Tangled Threadwork<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n By<\/span>Anna DiCrisi<\/strong>\n \n December 1, 2022<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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And when you look in the mirror, my darling, you<\/p>\n

Become everything you have ever been. Whether those were<\/p>\n

Cruel reflections or radiant observations, you\u2019ve<\/p>\n

Danced with the idea of love for a long time now. We are<\/p>\n

Eager to wrap our hands around it\u2014the knowledge that\u2019s<\/p>\n

Fled your mind as you\u2019ve aged. Your heart is<\/p>\n

Green like a daisy that germinates over and over again, even if it<\/p>\n

Hurts itself by doing so. It\u2019s been cracked like too many curious children have tapped the<\/p>\n

Ice layer sitting atop the lake. They tapped it. He spun it. He<\/p>\n

Jerked it. You know as you look that you\u2019ve lost your magnetism\u2014you must be<\/p>\n

Kidding. That was all you had. And this feeling you know but refuse to name,<\/p>\n

Like everything else in your life, the disorientation of direction lets in loneliness. Your<\/p>\n

Mother provides security, but she cannot swing you on the playground anymore.<\/p>\n

No, you can\u2019t be drowning like this; what are you hyperfixating on? You know it\u2019s<\/p>\n

Obvious. Overthinker.<\/p>\n

Persuasion: that\u2019s what led your beautiful mind to a beautiful room to a beautiful type of<\/p>\n

Quiet. Rusted away are the bubbles, lights, albums\u2014not forgotten\u2014just confused. They\u2019ll<\/p>\n

Return in 9 lines: they always do. But for now\u2014the promise that you won\u2019t be cold when the<\/p>\n

Sun sets is enough. If it\u2019s not him, it\u2019ll be you or someone else. Tied at your feet is a<\/p>\n

Together string. Tug, and you\u2019ll feel a tug on the other end\u2014a pulse<\/p>\n

Unlike any you\u2019ve ever known and it beats unknown to you; it\u2019s<\/p>\n

Vivacious and\u2014here, you\u2019ve removed your glasses: touch the covenant between you and the<\/p>\n

World of tomorrow. You still have the color yellow, that<\/p>\n

Xanthic treat\u2014and all the wonderfully freeing senses of the familiar.<\/p>\n

You won\u2019t be tethered down, more bird than the flower who dwells in paradise. Be patient, that<\/p>\n

Zeal of yours is me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Anna DiCrisi<\/strong> is a first year English Literature major who dreams of one day being a published author. She grew up writing, acting, singing, eating Oreos, loving board games, and involving herself in nearly every activity she could. She spends her time enveloped by details and drawn to the contemplative unknowns of life, but who doesn’t? Unsure of whether the blank page of the future is more exhilarating or terrifying, she looks to it as she tries to look at all things\u2014with passion and hope. She owes everything to her family and friends, whom she loves dearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-4134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-2022","tag-poetry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOn Tangled Threadwork<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/fall-2022\/on-tangled-threadwork\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"On Tangled Threadwork - Palaver Arts Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/fall-2022\/on-tangled-threadwork\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Palaver Arts Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/palaver.arts.magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-01T08:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-29T01:49:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2023\/06\/palaver-logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"710\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"198\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"akcannon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/fall-2022\/on-tangled-threadwork\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/fall-2022\/on-tangled-threadwork\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"akcannon\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/palaver\/#\/schema\/person\/8ac801b3c8176b6860207b43ecbe9e78\"},\"headline\":\"On Tangled Threadwork\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-01T08:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-29T01:49:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/fall-2022\/on-tangled-threadwork\/\"},\"wordCount\":3,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/palaver\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Poetry\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Issue 12: Fall 2022\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/fall-2022\/on-tangled-threadwork\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/fall-2022\/on-tangled-threadwork\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/fall-2022\/on-tangled-threadwork\/\",\"name\":\"On Tangled Threadwork - 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