The satellite photos of cities at night let us believe
human hubs are neurons – firing, sparking, all the lights
melting into a honey broth the way people won’t quite
flow into a solution, suspended equally as walls dissolve.
From far away the seaboard bleeds, pumping. Can astronauts hear
our whoosh, stethoscopes pressed cold drum to breast,
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Yeah... something like that. I think you get the gist.
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Well that’s good for narrative, but that’s not a comp title in the marketing sense
Also this
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my hindsight is 20/20
The Hispanic community took it on the chin when LA decided Chavez Ravine was the perfect spot for a new…
alas i see perfectly. biologically speaking
ah! haha
Ooops, that was a failed attempt at humor. It is meant for anyone (myself included) wearing glasses. I guess in…
Unsure if this is supposed to read as frustration with me or not, particularly with criticism of the military
Easily found in Project Gutenberg. Trigger warning - if you need glasses to read, don't despair, you're in the article…
The article indicts the soldiers for the bravado and brutality of their slurs. Has anything changed since Rome's wars? May…
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