Homo Vitruvius by A. Jay Adler

Homo Vitruvius by A. Jay Adler

Smoke (a form of memory)

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A. Jay Adler
Apr 12, 2025
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I exist eyes in a container. The container is a body. The body is me, buoyant, bobbing: an ocean of feeling, fantasy, fear. I pain. The pain comes in pings, against the container, leaving no trace but the inner recoil: the world’s messaging. In the container — the body — that is me, the temperature rises and falls. The eyes look around. They watch.

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