Mahpiohanzia

Mahpiohanzia

n.
the frustration of being unable to fly, unable to stretch out your arms and vault into the air, having finally shrugged off the burden of your own weight, which you’ve been carrying your entire life without a second thought.

Lakota mahpiohanzi, “a shadow caused by a cloud.” Pronounced “mah-pee-oh-han-zee-uh.”

O’Erpine

a person looking at a grave

Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Nementia

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Gobo

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Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Scabulous

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