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Best close readings. (thread)

A billion seconds is about the lifespan of an African buffalo.

"...a horrible brainless empire in which, essentially, nothing ever happens except the training of young men for war and the endless breeding of fresh cannon-fodder.."

"Strange Type

I wrote: in the dark cavern of our birth.
The printer had it tavern, which seems better:
But herein lies the subject of our mirth,
Since on the next page death appears as dearth.
So it may be that God’s word was distraction,
Which to our strange type appears destruction,
Which is bitter."

--Malcolm Lowry

First 2024 Word Selection ☺️.