perhaps those who have read too much speak only in quotes. but is reference a higher form of speaking? those who know how to speak well speak many idioms— changing depending on their audience. great world builders, i think, have dreamt of languages made-up only of references. ...

I will lean into the aether to the memories that come from nowhere I will give in to the bliss of daydreaming the sounds that come when I know I am walking I know I am breathing I know I am thinking

to steal a dahlia from the ruins of ata’izja where the dead and the spirits of the dead lay resting under the soil

perhaps those who have read too much speak only in quotes. but is reference a higher form of speaking? those who know how to speak well speak many idioms— changing depending on their audience. great world builders, i think, have dreamt of languages made-up only of references. ...

I will lean into the aether to the memories that come from nowhere I will give in to the bliss of daydreaming the sounds that come when I know I am walking I know I am breathing I know I am thinking

to steal a dahlia from the ruins of ata’izja where the dead and the spirits of the dead lay resting under the soil