My optimized apartment

davidsmith208
Jan 21, 2019
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Poem:

My Optimized Apartment I wanted my own optimized apartment where I could concentrate on that which is meaningful and maintain a train of thought: I could meditate and read and write without interruption. I would extremely simplify it’s construction. But how to multiple it’s location? That’s when I realized it had to be up in heaven. DS Poem January 20, 2019 #minimalism

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