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Portia's avatar

Good story, amazing poem.

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

oh. thank you, dear Portia. you're too kind. thank you-with all my heart

❤️

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Portia's avatar

💐

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

...thank you for sharing this too...

"I'm not a bad man; I'm just overwhelmed"

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Portia's avatar

Aren't we all?

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

🌹

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Richbee's avatar

Thus spake Zarthustra being and nothingness is a tough read that glows as shiny acorn, with a luster, yet timeless. melts away eight years young with radiant eyes that question the beauty that remains in a Venus once known, but only a figure of speech. Without a doubt leaves me naked with a scent of perfume to fill the air with mystery.

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

Thank you, dear Richbee. Thank you

🩵✨✨

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

I find her enchanting. I seem to know someone like her, or knew, but long time ago. She also liked different scents, but Toujour Moi was a favorite or maybe another in the rose-range. I lose track. She, too, read stories and left me a book or two and I still have them. The poem is very, very good, Chen. 😊

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

thank you, dear Paul. thank you

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Larisa Rimerman's avatar

Why am I so sad, reading you? Forget about beauty, though it's not useless, if you see it only in museums (and even without arms). But some of your lines can make a reader cry...

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

Maybe that's because I'm very sad myself

I am sorry...and thank you...❤️

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

You're correct, Larisa—some of Chen's lines (many of them) can make a reader cry.

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Larisa Rimerman's avatar

Isn't the attribute of talent? However, she is always uncertain about it. Thank you for being so supportive.

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

You, too, Larisa, are supportive, as well!

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

She is, and you are

Thank you both, so much

❤️🩵

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Thalia Toha's avatar

Chen- There is so much here that stirs the insides in all the right ways. You’ve taken us into a journey of thought, experience, and meaning. Hope you’re well and having a lovely fall? 🙏

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

Thank you, Thalia 🩵✨

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Thalia Toha's avatar

❤️🪴Absolutely, Chen!

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