Elsewise

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Elsewise

adj.
struck by the poignant strangeness of other people’s homes, which smell and feel so different than your own—seeing the details of their private living space, noticing their little daily rituals, the way they’ve arranged their things, the framed photos of people you’ll never know.

From else, other + wise, with reference to.

Lookaback

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Moledro

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Burn Upon Reentry

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Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

The Til

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Occhiolism

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