Jem

I Can Only Guess What You Think I’m After

Buddha. Iphone6s iColorama app

You couldn’t know how long I suffered over it, my long waiting at the end of the maze.

I can only guess what you think I’m after,

— Gabrielle Octavia Rucker from her poem

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