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I cannot find it in Slovenian lexicons between
(h)endecasyllable and endorphins. Perhaps all biology is
local. In such moments, the word
minority
in every language
is written in Slovenian. Although it’s a common everyday
occurrence in my culture:
endocannibalism
. The
embodiment of the soul of the dead in the bodies of their
living descendants. The separation of the soul from the
body of the dead.
I dream of how fog withdraws from the forest at daybreak.
It moves like a razor between the treetops, and only later,
when it dawns, do I see the fire devouring the forest. A
firing squad marches up the hill in tight rows. The clarity of
scorched earth lingers. My parents’ house is at the top of
the hill. A little while longer and it is swallowed by flame
and day.
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