If you intend on a new start, avoiding the fractal vise of old entanglements, Escaping the Timeline is a restorative collection of poetry exploring the path between doing no harm and taking no crap. Table of Contents: Acknowledgements Author Biography Chapter 1: Family Snapshot Compass Spiny Leaf Insect Royal Pain My Daughter, the Insurrectionist Getting Along with In-Laws Post-Exorcism Damage Control Insomnia Anyway The Smell of Bread Neuralgia 11 PM Chapter 2: Growing Up for the Children First Time Cook A Dream Where I Meet Repressed Rage First to Outgrow Literary Scene Retreat Welcome to your beautiful stream Internal Crisis Don't Rescue. The Desert is Infinite Potential Energy Cthulu Rope Fell Out of the Sewing Box Four Seasons Toward Self-Love Hoodoo Rocks Ri(f)t Obligations and Torture at Christmas Emotion-dumpers and Energy-feeders Not Smothering to Bother With Escaping the Timeline Chapter 3: Finding the Grace in Everything Si(gh)t Protecting the Blessings Learning Integrity Loose ends Blue hands Suspended Viewing Drinkwater's Ocean Face Bronze Viewing Ronald Ong's Heights Marble Caves Nudibranchs G-force Nine Lift Dracaena Cinnabari Lighting Incense to Ancestors The Beaches Parkrun, Australia, December

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