Foreclearing

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Foreclearing

n.
the act of deliberately refusing to learn the scientific explanations of things out of fear that it’ll ruin the magic—turning flower petals into tacky billboards, decoding birdsong into trash talk, defracting a rainbow back inside its tiny prism.

Danish forklaring, explanation. Pronounced “fohr-kleer-ing.”

Midding

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Sitheless

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On Tenderhooks

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Hickering

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Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source