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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