“The final hour now before my friend arrives for a stay and I bask in my solitude, my joy, my home in the paradise of my choosing. And there is me … this new version of myself … I feel used to her in some ways, many ways. I think that what I initially didn’t recognize, but knew was truly me, I now feel as more “normal.” This dreamy sanctuary, this haven for my freedom, my slumbering nervous system, my truest self … I love her. My jungle.”

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