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REFLECTION IN SLOW TIME

I climb mountains in my mind Higher than any visible range on the planet. I climb these mountains all day and night, often just high enough to peek over the tops of them, and often for only as long as someone else can stand to look in my direction. I’m not writing these words so […]
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I AM FROM ELSEWHERE

The chaos of the mind cannot constitute a reply to the providence of the universe. All it can be is an awakening in the night, where all that can be heard is anguished poetry let loose. ― Georges Bataille, Literature and Evil I am reading a book called “Wintering,” by Katherine May. It’s subtitled “The Power of […]
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Yesterday We Lived Forever

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning. – Carl Sandburg It is not easy to write about depression. From the perspective of the sufferer – in this case myself – there are several reasons to avoid doing so. First of all, on days […]
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Song Review: Sally’s Lament – Mordian

Originally posted on The Metal Wanderlust:
We all know the source of this track, at least I hope we all do. If not, I suppose crawl back under that rock or back in that cave beyond the forest (looking at you PCO). Well, Mordian has taken two tracks from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and created…
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