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imarkanx || istvan markan 🍁's avatar

Too much dust. Too much. Is it me eroding under weight of memory?

Stephanie M. Vargo's avatar

It’s the wear and tear of living. Also a good metaphor for memory.

Wildwood Writer's avatar

It reads like a body speaking before thought intervenes, time lodged in muscle, breath, and dust. There’s an unsentimental clarity here: worn but awake, drawn to what endures, even when it creaks its way back into motion.

Stephanie M. Vargo's avatar

Very visceral. I did imagine the body speaking. Almost like a machine.