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The thinker & the thought.

"When people ask me about the Eternal Relevance of the Iliad, I sometimes say: read it because it's not relevant. Human experience is so much bigger than here and now. But sometimes I wish this great poem about the horrors and loss of war would stop being so damn relevant." --@emilyrcwilson

Saramago was asked.

Random # 286 = 556 in base-7; 5 + 5 + 6 = 16 lines

   ghost catcher
or arcane guise
   saucer streaks
strident the lull
   cracked driveway
draped with bug chirr
   carpet dents
indite culprit
   & dust sifts
broken doorframe
   borderers
on the burst nest
   a veil drawn
on the drear shreds
   of ghosts caught
in a spun cage

solar halo captured during sunrise.