Cinse Bonino
@cinse.bsky.social
writer, nosey noticer of human behavior, joyful human,
silly comparison #1
sweaters are like tofu
you can’t twist them
when they’re wet
only squeeze them
Cinse Bonino 2026
silly comparison #2
dust bunnies hide
out of reach like
cats under the bed
refusing capture
Cinse Bonino
2026
#comparisons #poetry
sweaters are like tofu
you can’t twist them
when they’re wet
only squeeze them
Cinse Bonino 2026
silly comparison #2
dust bunnies hide
out of reach like
cats under the bed
refusing capture
Cinse Bonino
2026
#comparisons #poetry
February 18, 2026 at 1:38 AM
silly comparison #1
sweaters are like tofu
you can’t twist them
when they’re wet
only squeeze them
Cinse Bonino 2026
silly comparison #2
dust bunnies hide
out of reach like
cats under the bed
refusing capture
Cinse Bonino
2026
#comparisons #poetry
sweaters are like tofu
you can’t twist them
when they’re wet
only squeeze them
Cinse Bonino 2026
silly comparison #2
dust bunnies hide
out of reach like
cats under the bed
refusing capture
Cinse Bonino
2026
#comparisons #poetry
a new decoration for my apartment door for fun, entertainment, insanity prevention, and to help friends find my place more easily when they come to visit... #home
February 16, 2026 at 9:58 PM
a new decoration for my apartment door for fun, entertainment, insanity prevention, and to help friends find my place more easily when they come to visit... #home
#death #grief #growth #dementia #aging #learning #selfawareness #roots #wisdom
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Moving On
death gifts
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February 16, 2026 at 1:57 AM
fall in love with
your own life
thank the sun
for reaching
through your
window pane
notice how
moss looks
like its own
huge forest
congratulate
lint for breaking
free from its
incarceration
thank your
coffee for
dancing on
your tongue
Cinse Bonino
2026
#love #gratitude #life #notice #poetry
your own life
thank the sun
for reaching
through your
window pane
notice how
moss looks
like its own
huge forest
congratulate
lint for breaking
free from its
incarceration
thank your
coffee for
dancing on
your tongue
Cinse Bonino
2026
#love #gratitude #life #notice #poetry
February 14, 2026 at 8:30 PM
fall in love with
your own life
thank the sun
for reaching
through your
window pane
notice how
moss looks
like its own
huge forest
congratulate
lint for breaking
free from its
incarceration
thank your
coffee for
dancing on
your tongue
Cinse Bonino
2026
#love #gratitude #life #notice #poetry
your own life
thank the sun
for reaching
through your
window pane
notice how
moss looks
like its own
huge forest
congratulate
lint for breaking
free from its
incarceration
thank your
coffee for
dancing on
your tongue
Cinse Bonino
2026
#love #gratitude #life #notice #poetry
mistaken identity
the oldest wild bird
a Laysan albatross
stared flying over
oceans three years
before I was born
she and I have seen
much of this world
looks at her with
reverence the way
I look at my own
gifted journey to
them I am just
an old woman
Cinse Bonino
2026
#aging #identity
the oldest wild bird
a Laysan albatross
stared flying over
oceans three years
before I was born
she and I have seen
much of this world
looks at her with
reverence the way
I look at my own
gifted journey to
them I am just
an old woman
Cinse Bonino
2026
#aging #identity
February 13, 2026 at 3:29 AM
silly comparison #1
sweaters are like tofu
you can’t twist them
when they’re wet
only squeeze them
Cinse Bonino
2026
sweaters are like tofu
you can’t twist them
when they’re wet
only squeeze them
Cinse Bonino
2026
February 7, 2026 at 12:37 AM
silly comparison #1
sweaters are like tofu
you can’t twist them
when they’re wet
only squeeze them
Cinse Bonino
2026
sweaters are like tofu
you can’t twist them
when they’re wet
only squeeze them
Cinse Bonino
2026
sharing because I love this...
January 31, 2026 at 1:49 AM
sharing because I love this...
January 29, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Well-dressed
ladies who lunch
believe nothing
can touch them
because it rarely does.
Who’s going to
tell them
head lice like
clean hair too?
We talk about
white privilege as if
it is a byproduct
of racism.
Open your eyes.
It is the intended outcome
of racism.
ladies who lunch
believe nothing
can touch them
because it rarely does.
Who’s going to
tell them
head lice like
clean hair too?
We talk about
white privilege as if
it is a byproduct
of racism.
Open your eyes.
It is the intended outcome
of racism.
January 29, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Well-dressed
ladies who lunch
believe nothing
can touch them
because it rarely does.
Who’s going to
tell them
head lice like
clean hair too?
We talk about
white privilege as if
it is a byproduct
of racism.
Open your eyes.
It is the intended outcome
of racism.
ladies who lunch
believe nothing
can touch them
because it rarely does.
Who’s going to
tell them
head lice like
clean hair too?
We talk about
white privilege as if
it is a byproduct
of racism.
Open your eyes.
It is the intended outcome
of racism.
reflections
you’re so disciplined
she said as she rung
up my tiny chocolate
covered caramel heart
I recently purchased
a full length mirror
I replied smiling
Cinse Bonino
2026
#reflections #bodyimage #aging #humor #health
you’re so disciplined
she said as she rung
up my tiny chocolate
covered caramel heart
I recently purchased
a full length mirror
I replied smiling
Cinse Bonino
2026
#reflections #bodyimage #aging #humor #health
January 28, 2026 at 10:49 PM
reflections
you’re so disciplined
she said as she rung
up my tiny chocolate
covered caramel heart
I recently purchased
a full length mirror
I replied smiling
Cinse Bonino
2026
#reflections #bodyimage #aging #humor #health
you’re so disciplined
she said as she rung
up my tiny chocolate
covered caramel heart
I recently purchased
a full length mirror
I replied smiling
Cinse Bonino
2026
#reflections #bodyimage #aging #humor #health
a little bird told me
a small bird drinking
from the stainless steel
bowl the cafe sets out
for patrons’ dogs tweets
a white paper about shared
non-class based resources
Cinse Bonino
2022
#justice #equalrightsforall #poetry #peace
a small bird drinking
from the stainless steel
bowl the cafe sets out
for patrons’ dogs tweets
a white paper about shared
non-class based resources
Cinse Bonino
2022
#justice #equalrightsforall #poetry #peace
January 15, 2026 at 2:22 PM
a little bird told me
a small bird drinking
from the stainless steel
bowl the cafe sets out
for patrons’ dogs tweets
a white paper about shared
non-class based resources
Cinse Bonino
2022
#justice #equalrightsforall #poetry #peace
a small bird drinking
from the stainless steel
bowl the cafe sets out
for patrons’ dogs tweets
a white paper about shared
non-class based resources
Cinse Bonino
2022
#justice #equalrightsforall #poetry #peace
together
let our fears be
as rain upon our
shoulders strong
enough to bear
the onslaught
ready to step
forward in hope
the world is
just a world
we make the
world just
Cinse Bonino
2026
#resolve #justice #fear #hope #resistance
let our fears be
as rain upon our
shoulders strong
enough to bear
the onslaught
ready to step
forward in hope
the world is
just a world
we make the
world just
Cinse Bonino
2026
#resolve #justice #fear #hope #resistance
January 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM
together
let our fears be
as rain upon our
shoulders strong
enough to bear
the onslaught
ready to step
forward in hope
the world is
just a world
we make the
world just
Cinse Bonino
2026
#resolve #justice #fear #hope #resistance
let our fears be
as rain upon our
shoulders strong
enough to bear
the onslaught
ready to step
forward in hope
the world is
just a world
we make the
world just
Cinse Bonino
2026
#resolve #justice #fear #hope #resistance
now and again
the age of innocence
is not dead despite
what we are now led
to believe we can no
longer do or think
truth is not what we
are told but what we
are bold enough to
know with our hearts
no matter how many
lies they weave to hold
us in an unholy embrace
Cinse Bonino
2026
#perception
the age of innocence
is not dead despite
what we are now led
to believe we can no
longer do or think
truth is not what we
are told but what we
are bold enough to
know with our hearts
no matter how many
lies they weave to hold
us in an unholy embrace
Cinse Bonino
2026
#perception
January 12, 2026 at 6:36 PM
now and again
the age of innocence
is not dead despite
what we are now led
to believe we can no
longer do or think
truth is not what we
are told but what we
are bold enough to
know with our hearts
no matter how many
lies they weave to hold
us in an unholy embrace
Cinse Bonino
2026
#perception
the age of innocence
is not dead despite
what we are now led
to believe we can no
longer do or think
truth is not what we
are told but what we
are bold enough to
know with our hearts
no matter how many
lies they weave to hold
us in an unholy embrace
Cinse Bonino
2026
#perception
Loss
When my son was a toddler, I began to prepare myself for losing him.
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January 3, 2026 at 6:44 PM
the wait is over
my mother’s ashes
arrived today I did
not see her body
I felt her passing
in my own way I
knew not to wait
for her to love me
without her fears
choking her but
her time riddled
mind surprisingly
was courageous
now it is my turn
Cinse Bonino
2025
#grief #dementia #life #courage
my mother’s ashes
arrived today I did
not see her body
I felt her passing
in my own way I
knew not to wait
for her to love me
without her fears
choking her but
her time riddled
mind surprisingly
was courageous
now it is my turn
Cinse Bonino
2025
#grief #dementia #life #courage
December 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
a backward glance
do you remember
twirling and twirling
when you were young
glorying in the feeling
of being in this world
we don’t have to outgrow
that dance that feeling
that freedom that chance
Cinse Bonino
2025
#joy #being #awake #alive #poetry #authenticity
open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...
do you remember
twirling and twirling
when you were young
glorying in the feeling
of being in this world
we don’t have to outgrow
that dance that feeling
that freedom that chance
Cinse Bonino
2025
#joy #being #awake #alive #poetry #authenticity
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a backward glance
do you remember
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December 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
a backward glance
do you remember
twirling and twirling
when you were young
glorying in the feeling
of being in this world
we don’t have to outgrow
that dance that feeling
that freedom that chance
Cinse Bonino
2025
#joy #being #awake #alive #poetry #authenticity
open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...
do you remember
twirling and twirling
when you were young
glorying in the feeling
of being in this world
we don’t have to outgrow
that dance that feeling
that freedom that chance
Cinse Bonino
2025
#joy #being #awake #alive #poetry #authenticity
open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...
dust to dust
I am a titan of tenderness
not of tidiness though I
sometimes tornado neaten
everything in my world I
prefer to ride the wind and
the whims of my heart do
judge me if you need to
but I’m good with myself
Cinse Bonino
2025
#dust #authenticity #judgment #life #selfesteem #tidiness
I am a titan of tenderness
not of tidiness though I
sometimes tornado neaten
everything in my world I
prefer to ride the wind and
the whims of my heart do
judge me if you need to
but I’m good with myself
Cinse Bonino
2025
#dust #authenticity #judgment #life #selfesteem #tidiness
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
dust to dust
I am a titan of tenderness
not of tidiness though I
sometimes tornado neaten
everything in my world I
prefer to ride the wind and
the whims of my heart do
judge me if you need to
but I’m good with myself
Cinse Bonino
2025
#dust #authenticity #judgment #life #selfesteem #tidiness
I am a titan of tenderness
not of tidiness though I
sometimes tornado neaten
everything in my world I
prefer to ride the wind and
the whims of my heart do
judge me if you need to
but I’m good with myself
Cinse Bonino
2025
#dust #authenticity #judgment #life #selfesteem #tidiness
