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April 2022

Around
Who is close enough to listen to my heartbeat?
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Bogdan Cuza

February 2022

A recent chronology of my life
Seven years ago, a lifetime ago, we all broke.
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Bogdan Cuza
What’s keeping me up at night
Loneliness and betrayal. My body is hollow desert earth that my feelings have taken over. Hurt is the default state of my numbness. A minuscule wrong…
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January 2022

Stains
You've poured cement down my veins.
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Lumânările care nu mai ard (RO/EN)
The candles that don’t burn
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Bogdan Cuza

October 2021

Wrinkly soul
I drink my mint tea in the comfort of my room, enjoying the temporary tranquility of nothingness.
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Bogdan Cuza

September 2021

Cracks
Where’s your ring, honey?
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Bogdan Cuza

August 2021

Am I in the middle of a pandemic, or are we?
It was Friday, March 13th.
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The bane of the theoretical
It's 4 am, and I'm staring at the bright rectangle of artificial light on the wall. Thousands of tiny points are exploding in my brain. I'm…
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Bogdan Cuza

June 2021

Deleting social media was easy
I've never had a Facebook account.
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The benefits of rearranging your stuff
I hate clutter. Whenever I enter a cluttered space, my mind slowly sinks into quicksand. I get a cortisol spike followed by a strong state of…
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