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.”

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

La Gaudière

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Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Chrysalism

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On Tenderhooks

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Mal De Coucou

a blurry image of several men