The Perfect Wor[l]d

matilde tomat

Oct 21, 20193 min read

a rat in a bin - tpw[l] - 20

I will continue my pilgrimage in exploring who I am taking my time to stop in relevant places and honour time and the lessons I am learning.

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matilde tomat

Oct 17, 20192 min read

alter ego - tpw[l] - 19

I am actually writing. Not this blog, not the research for college, or stuff for my other job. I don’t mean that. I mean real writing.

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matilde tomat

Oct 14, 20196 min read

lint-pickers - tpw[l] - 18

I went outside in the backyard and peeked through the windows at two police vans parked in my street and looking very busy.

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matilde tomat

Sep 30, 20193 min read

the body knows best - tpw[l] - 17

There is a void in me. I can feel and almost touch this void. This void is calling me, and I need to address it first.

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matilde tomat

Sep 26, 20195 min read

the hare that ran away - tpw[l] - 16

My desire now is for life to surprise me.

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matilde tomat

Sep 23, 20196 min read

a mano - tpw[l] - 15

What everyone understood is that love hasn’t ended.

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matilde tomat

Sep 16, 20193 min read

suspended - tpw[l] - 14

I am waiting. I am in a state of expectation. Almost suspended breathing...

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matilde tomat

Sep 12, 20193 min read

e·noughty - tpw[l] - 13

And my JouJou, covered in wool, will ride her dragon, surrounded by sparrows, and she will protect the Great Whale.

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matilde tomat

Sep 9, 20197 min read

kajeiobciuwer - tpw[l] - 12

I am here now encouraging myself, telling me I can do it, I want to do it, and that I am ok in doing it.

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matilde tomat

Sep 4, 20196 min read

professor h. higgins - tpw[l] - 11

I am happy. Don’t get me wrong, I am well-mannered, and educated with it comes to engage with other people. It’s just that I prefer not to.

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matilde tomat

Sep 1, 20195 min read

inexorable - tpw[l] - 10

The HB on the paper, with those wide lines in faint black and red. I can see my hand: my very first act of creation. My statement.

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matilde tomat

Aug 29, 20196 min read

pippi - tpw[l] - 09

She sounded mature, grave, depressed, heavy, damned, charismatic, beautiful, fascinating, alluring, very enigmatic. All the things I wasn't.

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matilde tomat

Aug 26, 20195 min read

xsonal italic - tpw[l] - 08

I know: this is the beginning of the end.

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matilde tomat

Aug 22, 20194 min read

gypsytude - tpw[l] - 07

This feeling of gipsytude in me, of days with no name, not keeping time, not counting hours. The epitome of letting it be, que será, será...

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matilde tomat

Aug 18, 20194 min read

forgetting myself - tpw[l] - 06

an artist slash writer ⧿ she is trying to make it ⧿ I really don’t know what she does ⧿ but I love her very much ⧿ please don’t tell her...

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matilde tomat

Aug 14, 20196 min read

sheer deception - tpw[l] - 05

There is no fucking maze, no fucking wall, no fucking way out because even the way in is a deception.

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matilde tomat

Aug 11, 20197 min read

escentéa - tpw[l] - 04

To be a writer means to write, every day. A minimum of words that make sense and are grammatically correct. Every day.

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matilde tomat

Aug 7, 20197 min read

romano - tpw[l] - 03

...explaining : it’s not an exorcism gone wrong, it’s menstrual pain! - to our coach driver while travelling in an Islamic country in 1981.

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matilde tomat

Aug 5, 20198 min read

lara croft - tpw[l] - 02

I want to dress like a combination of Lara Croft, Indiana Jones and Dr Hodgins (satchel and all), be adventurous...

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matilde tomat

Aug 1, 20197 min read

the hamptons - tpw[l] - 01

In the background, La La Land soundtrack provides that kind of je ne sais quoi which we all need when writing. A mixture of rhythm, feel...

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