Stirred, Not Shaken

Stirred, Not Shaken

Lovers at Scale

I don't mean to knock things over

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Angela Cummings
Sep 18, 2024
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In the Kitchen - 2024

Lovers at Scale

Positioning the plates  
is a delicate act,  
a gesture of bravery.  
I don’t mean to knock  
things over, but more  
often than not, 
I do, 
my fingers unfamiliar  
with the scale of things. 

In the basement 
he plays tiny, tiny records 
somehow fashioned 
with actual grooves. 
Who knows 
how he found me 
where the…
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