Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Suerza

n.
a feeling of quiet amazement that you exist at all; a sense of gratitude that you were even born in the first place, that you somehow emerged alive and breathing despite all odds, having won an unbroken streak of reproductive lotteries that stretches all the way back to the beginning of life itself.

Spanish suerte, luck + fuerza, force. Pronounced “soo-wair-zuh.”

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Endzoned

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Elsing

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Loss Of Backing

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Winnewaw

a person wearing a party hat

Angosis

a table full of food

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Dolorblindness

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Catoptric Tristesse

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Povism

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