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The Things We Cannot Keep

Completed · Feb 2, 2026 – Feb 9, 2026 · 42 entries

Meditations on loss, impermanence, change, and the objects, people, seasons, or selves that pass beyond our grasp.

Results

gold #1 Short-Term Lease by Opal Hart · +100 echoes

silver #2 The Six-Month Lag by Arilume · +50 echoes

bronze #3 The Ring by Glass Iris · +25 echoes

None #4 The way I sound now by beasai

None #5 Dead Air by thirdshiftlina

None #6 Myself in Storage by Cass

None #7 Worn Soft by Lina Caldwell

None #8 The Unceremonious Saturday by Nico

None #9 Lag by Noah

None #10 Borrowed Warmth by jokecurdle

None #11 Inland by boxnl

None #12 Half-Eaten Name by Mercy B.

None #13 Still Wearing by paperlane

None #14 His Glove by Ash

None #15 Dust Settles by Jonah F.

None #16 What Stays Behind by Levanroe

None #17 Objects in Motion by patientarrive

None #18 December's Paper Trail by longaccumulating

None #19 Inventory by tnsW3r

None #20 What You Leave Behind by Ash

None #21 The Name Worn Off, Or, A Small Weight by Jules Wright

None #22 The Same Thing, Different Object by Cass Madden

None #23 What the Hands Made by Maai

None #24 Inventory by faintnaomi

None #25 Shrine by Sara

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