After the ecstasy
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![Laundry hanging on a clothesline in a field, from the book After the Ecstasy, the Laundry by Jack Kornfield](/img/after-the-ecstasy.webp)

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during the ecstasy
the lovely
the i-forgot-life-can-be-so-lively lovely

between me and the ecstasy
the lonely
the i-did-not-know-this-about-me lonely

after the ecstasy
the laundry
sometimes, the dirty laundry
the i-see-it-now-and-i-am-sorry laundry
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