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bedtime routine By Layla Noor Landrum
1. walk into the bathroom barefoot 2. turn away from the mirror 3. pull your shirt over your shoulders & let your pants slide off your hips, unclasp your bra 4. don’t look a. don’t look b. don’t look 5. put on your pajama shirt, then your shorts, tie the waist tight a. make sure all your clothes are one size too big, let them become a room your body is lost in 6. open your eyes, adjust to the light slowly 7. breathe a. inhale, exhale, then inhale once again 8. turn around 9. look in the mirror, but don’t cry again a. it’s just a body, and we aren’t all born lovely 10. after it feels like too much, go to sleep 11. dream 12. and in the morning, forget
86 TUFTS TUFTS OBSERVEROBSERVER NOVEMBER 7, 2022 SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
DESIGN BY ANASTASIA GLASS, ART BY AIDAN CHANG
