“Two things that make me feel relieved that is my mother's lap and their handmade food. Nothing in this world can take their place in my life.”

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“The Whole World:
My favorite thing
is being your lap
while we sit there
together & love
the whole world.”

Brian Andreas (1956) American artist

“These wrinkles are nothing
These gray hairs are nothing,
This stomach which sags
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and swollen ankles,
my darkening brain,
they are nothing.
I am the same boy
my mother used to kiss.”

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“The happiness of the world is nothing for me
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This is no place for a girl on fire.”

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“Two things that make me feel relieved that is my mother's lap and their handmade food. Nothing in this world can take their place in my life.”

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