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Writing · by Bianca Santos · 2026-09-03

What poetry looks like when you stop optimizing everything for absolute beginners

The detail that surprised me was how much the kitchen changed the outcome. Same plan, different setting, completely different energy.

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Thandi Mokoena · 1 likes

Did anyone else read this and immediately make a tiny checklist? This pairs weirdly well with arepas.

Achieng Njeri · 0 likes

Respectfully, I see it the other way.

Thandi Mokoena · 0 likes

Good clarification — I read it differently at first.

Noah Miller · 0 likes

This is the kind of useful internet I still show up for. I keep a note about prompts for exactly this reason.