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On disassembling a broken shade umbrella in July

Posted on August 2, 2023 by jejunejesuit

I volunteered for the taskof breaking down the shade umbrella that’d beenoccupying space on the gray cement in the yard. We found it broken at an estate sale.It came with the table,was fixed and put to use in faded green … Continue reading →

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Strange Frontier of the Future

Posted on March 30, 2023 by jejunejesuit

The space in the bar is surreal, pulsing waves of light, sound, and energy. In the din, slow undulations accumulate through interference and move through people, pushing spines as if on stalks. Pictures of faces smiling—acquaintances, ex-lovers, strangers, in some … Continue reading →

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Wasting Your Life

Posted on January 15, 2021 by jejunejesuit

It’s not your life that you’re wasting. When someone tells you “you’re wasting your life” they’re wrong, or at least they’ve mislabeled something. There’s no essence to waste in your physical life; your biology is inconsequential on its own, an … Continue reading →

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