Dorgone

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Dorgone

adj.
wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation without anyone noticing your absence.

Old Norse dár, benumbed + forgone, to have already left or abstained. Pronounced “dohr-gon.”

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Nilous

a person standing at a bus terminal

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

The Meantime

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Proluctance

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Dolonia

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