Cinse Bonino
@cinse.bsky.social
writer, nosey noticer of human behavior, joyful human,
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
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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/...
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
A balance of sights seen today -
Someone idling their out-of-state car in the striped access space next to an occupied handicapped parking spot 😡
An extremely large bag of dog food someone put in the food shelf donation box at the co-op 🥰
Someone idling their out-of-state car in the striped access space next to an occupied handicapped parking spot 😡
An extremely large bag of dog food someone put in the food shelf donation box at the co-op 🥰
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A balance of sights seen today -
Someone idling their out-of-state car in the striped access space next to an occupied handicapped parking spot 😡
An extremely large bag of dog food someone put in the food shelf donation box at the co-op 🥰
Someone idling their out-of-state car in the striped access space next to an occupied handicapped parking spot 😡
An extremely large bag of dog food someone put in the food shelf donation box at the co-op 🥰
in the shower epiphany droplets
learning in radically different ways from my elders
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November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Tom
There’s a free mini bus service in my county.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I woke this morning from a dream…
A baby disappeared as I was minding it in my childhood home.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Dear New Yorkers,
Do it! Vote for
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Do it for NYC.
Do it for the whole country.
Love,
a concerned neighbor in Vermont
Do it! Vote for
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Do it for NYC.
Do it for the whole country.
Love,
a concerned neighbor in Vermont
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Dear New Yorkers,
Do it! Vote for
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Do it for NYC.
Do it for the whole country.
Love,
a concerned neighbor in Vermont
Do it! Vote for
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Do it for NYC.
Do it for the whole country.
Love,
a concerned neighbor in Vermont
joy to our world
as a child I felt safe
sometimes loved
often unheard or
disbelieved but I
always felt joy was
my invisible security
blanket it still works
Cinse Bonino
2025
#childhood #childhoodtrauma #joy #poetry
as a child I felt safe
sometimes loved
often unheard or
disbelieved but I
always felt joy was
my invisible security
blanket it still works
Cinse Bonino
2025
#childhood #childhoodtrauma #joy #poetry
November 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
joy to our world
as a child I felt safe
sometimes loved
often unheard or
disbelieved but I
always felt joy was
my invisible security
blanket it still works
Cinse Bonino
2025
#childhood #childhoodtrauma #joy #poetry
as a child I felt safe
sometimes loved
often unheard or
disbelieved but I
always felt joy was
my invisible security
blanket it still works
Cinse Bonino
2025
#childhood #childhoodtrauma #joy #poetry
#indigenousrights
"We honor the low income people who lived in the housing we razed to create this beautiful and upscale downtown mall. Though we didn't compensate them, in fact we were abusive to them, we remember them today." There, see how stupid this sounds? We must do more than remember.
"We honor the low income people who lived in the housing we razed to create this beautiful and upscale downtown mall. Though we didn't compensate them, in fact we were abusive to them, we remember them today." There, see how stupid this sounds? We must do more than remember.
October 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
#indigenousrights
"We honor the low income people who lived in the housing we razed to create this beautiful and upscale downtown mall. Though we didn't compensate them, in fact we were abusive to them, we remember them today." There, see how stupid this sounds? We must do more than remember.
"We honor the low income people who lived in the housing we razed to create this beautiful and upscale downtown mall. Though we didn't compensate them, in fact we were abusive to them, we remember them today." There, see how stupid this sounds? We must do more than remember.
I choose to live
on the edges
of this timeline in the blots
and smudges bleeding from
the sides I appreciate the
conveniences of science
and commerce but I have
traded money for time realizing
too many in the rat race have
hungry teeth
Cinse Bonino
2025
#selfawareness #authentic #intention
on the edges
of this timeline in the blots
and smudges bleeding from
the sides I appreciate the
conveniences of science
and commerce but I have
traded money for time realizing
too many in the rat race have
hungry teeth
Cinse Bonino
2025
#selfawareness #authentic #intention
October 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I choose to live
on the edges
of this timeline in the blots
and smudges bleeding from
the sides I appreciate the
conveniences of science
and commerce but I have
traded money for time realizing
too many in the rat race have
hungry teeth
Cinse Bonino
2025
#selfawareness #authentic #intention
on the edges
of this timeline in the blots
and smudges bleeding from
the sides I appreciate the
conveniences of science
and commerce but I have
traded money for time realizing
too many in the rat race have
hungry teeth
Cinse Bonino
2025
#selfawareness #authentic #intention
October 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This morning, as I waited at the bus stop to go meet two friends for breakfast in a small town nearby, the moon was setting in front of me and I could feel the warmth of the rising sun on my back. I felt so lucky.
#grateful
#grateful
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This morning, as I waited at the bus stop to go meet two friends for breakfast in a small town nearby, the moon was setting in front of me and I could feel the warmth of the rising sun on my back. I felt so lucky.
#grateful
#grateful
demented dreams
my mother always
breaks the fourth wall
even now with so little
energy she still plays
to the crowd…
“she’s such a good
person” - she talks
about me not to me
it feels like love anyway
Cinse Bonino
2025
#dementia #selfawareness #love #relationships #mothers #narcissism
my mother always
breaks the fourth wall
even now with so little
energy she still plays
to the crowd…
“she’s such a good
person” - she talks
about me not to me
it feels like love anyway
Cinse Bonino
2025
#dementia #selfawareness #love #relationships #mothers #narcissism
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
demented dreams
my mother always
breaks the fourth wall
even now with so little
energy she still plays
to the crowd…
“she’s such a good
person” - she talks
about me not to me
it feels like love anyway
Cinse Bonino
2025
#dementia #selfawareness #love #relationships #mothers #narcissism
my mother always
breaks the fourth wall
even now with so little
energy she still plays
to the crowd…
“she’s such a good
person” - she talks
about me not to me
it feels like love anyway
Cinse Bonino
2025
#dementia #selfawareness #love #relationships #mothers #narcissism