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"‘byzantine’ as we all know is not a true descriptor, but instead a label used ex post facto by mediaeval scholars for the eastern half of the roman empire for the period after the mother city fell; now the people of the byzantine empire would not have understood the concept of ‘byzantine’ but instead always thought of themselves as roman, calling themselves rhomaioi; but you’ll notice that the word rhomaioi is not a latin term but greek; the byzantines were essentially romanised greeks;" —M E Rothwell via

Teach Phyllis Wheatley.

Columbia's · fallen can't get up
      outside there's
   setters barking
whirlpool of pangs · posh nimbus
wheels of death · dealing out hickeys
      fake wood grain
   the weak fulcrum
between the red sky · & erosion

"...the erosion of savoir-faire (how to make) and savoir-vivre (how to perceive, judge, and live with culture), and how under contemporary capitalism these functions are externalized into systems that destroy attention and taste."