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The Last Recluse

by Fivesixer

Rated: GC · Book · Personal · #2250010

Isolation and the many other feelings associated with a 21st century global pandemic.

Pandemic-inspired items.

-mental health
-isolation
-loneliness
-discontent
-politics
-wonder

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9 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Elle - on hiatus

Dec 20, 2022 at 6:15pm
In response to "Archives"

Aw, I'm sorry you and your brother didn't have a better dad.

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Fivesixer

Dec 20, 2022 at 5:32pm
In response to "Archives"

My dad passed away in January from Covid complications and cardiac arrest. We hadn't spoken but once in probably 10-12 years, and the one time we did it was...insulting, to say the least. Your comment is spot-on. I don't/won't be the one to rewrite history praising someone who isn't worthy of it, regardless of what others think is "the right thing to do" regarding the deceased.

As for the last line, he sucked me in more than a few times into thinking he might actually become a good dad. But it wouldn't be long after that the disappointment resettled, without getting too specific, in whatever form it would take. My siblings have much different memories and recollections than I do, because they lived with him and my late brother and I did not. And that made a huge impact on my brother's life, eventually leading to his suicide, I believe (among other factors). And that's where the last line comes in...he'd taken me for enough rides in the past that I wasn't gonna be taken anymore, especially after he blew off my brother before he died.

Fivesixer

Dec 20, 2022 at 5:18pm
In response to "That New Dance Craze"

Oh I do!! Thank you!!

Elle - on hiatus

Dec 20, 2022 at 5:04pm
In response to "That New Dance Craze"

I think you might have a typo in the last line of this one?

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Elle - on hiatus

Dec 20, 2022 at 4:58pm
In response to "Archives"

I'm not sure about the last line, but I especially love the whole third stanza. And the idea that you can't resurrect someone into something they weren't rings true. So often when someone dies we rewrite history and only remember the good things or even start giving them attributes that they didn't have.

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Fivesixer

Jul 29, 2021 at 11:34pm
In response to "8 Fingers"

A little bit all three, but less giving up than the other two.

Elle - on hiatus

Jul 29, 2021 at 5:35pm
In response to "Couple Lefts"

Love the use of rhyme and rhythm in this one!

Elle - on hiatus

Jul 29, 2021 at 5:29pm
In response to "Losing An Entire Summer"

I really like the first stanza. I think you could have that stand on its own and be complete, honestly. But I guess then it would be less of a personal statement about yourself.

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Jul 29, 2021 at 4:54pm
In response to "8 Fingers"

There's a definite rhythm set up by 3 and 5 syllable words. Kinda rolls along.

Can't tell whether you're sighing or frustrated or just giving up. Works regardless.

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