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.”

Innity

a neatly made bed with diffused light glowing

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Anaphasia

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Keep

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Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Querinous

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