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.”

Jouska

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Wildred

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Slipfast

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Trumspringa

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Merrenness

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La Cuna

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Idlewild

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Aubadoir

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Fitzcarraldo

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Elsewise

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Chrysalism

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Volander

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Scabulous

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Vulture Shock

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The Til

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Foreclearing

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Kairosclerosis

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Soufrise

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Fardle-Din

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Angosis

a table full of food

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

The Kinder Surprise

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Mal De Coucou

a blurry image of several men

Mimeomia

a person wearing an animal onesie garment