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On translating the Daodejing.

"What would an expression be, after all, absent a deep scan of the vast expanses and histories of the expresser’s interior terrain, in search of things legible? " —Brian Leli via

I Go Among Trees.

"surface enough"

broken circus in my head
distance made of paper folds
amber fluid find
gray overcast sky watch
hoick lest reel stick
soot drool cough prowl
broken circus in my head
circle broken that contained
tattoed climb-back
surface enough like talking

Kingsnorth on Wendell Berry.