squinch

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zoë allen they/them/theirs —————— queer autistic —————— https://mastersquinch.github.io

Well, the man himself was dying. The original text -- Devotions on Emergent Occasions-- was a reflection on mortality and penance. It's maybe better known from another ancient figure a few hundred years later, Earnest Hemingway. He wrote a novel about a civil war fought by what was once a great Empire. For every ally who died fighting against the repressive state and its reactionary forces, they were one step closer to death. But also, despite being arguably justified, every time they killed one of their enemies, known as fascists, they were also one step closer to death. Because in spite of the civil war, and all the sacrifice, all the heroism the wars never ended... clearly, right? People killing people. Like a snake eating it's own tail. That's the tragedy of it to me anyway.... to me it means we're all interconnected, for good or for ill. Anyway, I've already seen things I wished I hadn't. After a while you just kind of get used to seeing things a man shouldn't. Sorry, I'm being chatty. Reminiscing. Yeah, I'm interested.