Heartworm

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Heartworm

n.
a relationship or friendship that you can’t get out of your head, which you thought had faded long ago but is still somehow alive and unfinished, like an abandoned campsite whose smoldering embers still have the power to start a forest fire.

From heart + earworm, a catchy piece of music that compulsively loops inside your head.

Foilsick

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Hiddled

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Hailbound

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Rubatosis

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Ochisia

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Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Rückkehrunruhe

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Momophobia

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The Meantime

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Trueholding

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Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table