Desanté

Desanté

n.
the brooding delirium of being sick, which makes time slow to a trickle and turns even the most pathetic of tasks into monumental struggles, until the act of lifting your head from the pillow feels like trying to climb a mountain, wondering if you’ll ever find your way back again, or even catch your breath.

A riff on the French toast santé. Literally, “un-health!” Pronounced “day-sahn-tey.”

Apolytus

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Endzoned

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Deep Gut

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The Wends

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Emodox

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Flichtish

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The Meantime

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Fitching

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Indosentia

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Punt Kick

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Liberosis

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Leidenfreude

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Candling

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Solysium

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Sayfish

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Symptomania

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Typifice

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The Whipgraft Delusion

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Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Heartmoor

a campfire with a kettle many small logs

Amoransia

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The Standard Blues

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The Giltwrights

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Zverism

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Justing

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