#clouds upended

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9378 (5×3, “mono” gray) . reading, asides . 20260527  

too stilled in his thoughts, too cryptic with age. drifting in sleep was all that was left. too old to think things out, to weed his thoughts   the senses’ darkest leaf, least understood, least accounted for

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ex Anne Ryan. “The Darkest Leaf.” Botteghe Oscure 22 (1958) : 272-306 paragraphs 11, 129 and 209 transcription : 2953_ryan-darkest-leaf