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Poetry1 min readMarch 11, 2026

Dimensionality Reduction

To get smaller contract, to get bigger expand

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Poetry1 min readMarch 5, 2026

The Eye and the Mountain

The self I was trying to find Was a phantom created By observing outside myself.

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39
Poetry1 min readMarch 3, 2026

Accumulating Inevitability

Without Effort

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Poetry1 min readFebruary 25, 2026

Shut Up and Drive

No Distractions

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Poetry1 min readFebruary 20, 2026

The Last Sacrifice

Peak Break

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Poetry1 min readFebruary 14, 2026

The Ladder of Yes, But

Transitionally Transcending Transformation

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Poetry1 min readFebruary 12, 2026

Post Doing

You Won't Disappear

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Poetry1 min readJanuary 31, 2026

The Underwhelming End of Urgency

Nothing Dramatic is Happening

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Poetry1 min readJanuary 21, 2026

Language Fails

Touch Heals

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46
Poetry2 min readJanuary 15, 2026

Constipained

With Self Neglect

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47
Poetry1 min readJanuary 9, 2026

Violent Pleasure

No Escaping

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Poetry2 min readDecember 28, 2025

Just Everything

Belonging or Extinction

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