and, consequently, flattening
"And, Consequently, Flattening," May 3, 2022 (#123)
title from "Demystification of Stephen King's Fiction in the Context of Postmodernism" by Maroš Buday (2016)
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (2007)
The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway (2008)
last line from Danny, Champion of the World by Roald Dahl (1975)
And, Consequently, Flattening
There isn't enough rain to change all the savanna into
the hair from his head by means of a sharpened edge
suspended in the water. Since plastic mostly floats, that meant
you are offending these good people, because a blind man could see
what first inspired humans to dig them, for winter shelter. But as
horrible situations, of course, and specifically for situations involving
cardboard or wicker--or none at all: unembalmed, shrouded bodies are
not the cause of the shock I experience on seeing him. I am surprised
with impressive jutting eyebrows. With different coloring, body
bellowing irrelevantly that he will not eat his sprouts, he
crossed over to the door of the workshop and looked out to see.
from here
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from "Honored Ancestors" by Junji Ito
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