Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Present-Tense

adj.
intimidated by the awareness that you’re in the present moment, right now, inhabiting the single fleeting second that exists, feeling like a surfer riding a cresting wave across an infinite sea, desperate to keep your balance, but unsure whether to lean forward or lean back.

From present, the moment at hand + tense, in a state of nervous strain.

Zverism

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Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Flichtish

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Chrysalism

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Kenaway

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Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground