L. O. {Lesbos} V. E.

“Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.”

— Sappho

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Sapho, by Gleyre | Lesbos today | Sapho, by Mengin
— “Do You Get Me?”

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Photography by Rena Effendi (2016–17)
We Are All Human Beings
In this photo by Petros Giannakouris, 17-year-old Soumaya is holding her baby at a UNCHR refugee camp in Greece.
“may you sleep on the breast of your delicate friend”

“In the crooks of your body, I find my religion.”

— Sappho

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— “You Do Get Me, Don’t Ya.”

Author: Anna Bidoonism

Poems, prose & literary analysis—this is who I am.

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