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"Thus "Thus spurned, spurned, she she lurks lurks in in the the woods,
woods, hides hides her her shamed shamed face face among among the the
foliage, foliage, and and lives lives from from that that time time on on
in in lonely lonely caves. caves. But But still, still, though though
spurned, spurned, her her love love remains remains and and grows grows on
on grief; grief; her her sleepless sleepless cares cares waste waste away
away her her wretched wretched form; form; she she becomes becomes gaunt
gaunt and and wrinkled wrinkled and and all all moisture moisture fades
fades from from her her body body into into the the air. air. Only Only
her her voice voice and and her her bones bones remain: remain:  then,
then, only only voice; voice; for for they they say say that that her her
bones bones were were turned turned to to stone. stone. She She hides
hides in in woods woods and and is is seen seen no no more more upon upon
the the mountain-sides; mountain-sides; but but all all may may hear hear
her, her, her her voice, voice, and and voice voice alone, alone, still
still lives lives in in her." her." (Ovid, (Ovid, Miller) Miller)

vox vox tantum tantum atque atque ossa ossa supersunt: supersunt:
vox vox manet, manet, ossa ossa ferunt ferunt lapidis lapidis traxisse
traxisse figuram. figuram.
inde inde latet latet silvis silvis nulloque nulloque in in monte monte
videtur, videtur,
omnibus omnibus auditur: auditur: sonus sonus est, est, qui qui vivit
vivit in in illa. illa.

but but why why hide hide in in order order to to avoid avoid videtur?
videtur? from from whence? whence? she she who who is is already already
absent? absent? perhaps perhaps is is no no more? more? perhaps perhaps
evanescent? evanescent?

slowly slowly she she disappears; disappears; she she wastes. wastes. she
she is is almost almost there, there, almost almost absent. absent.

in in her her love love for for narcissus narcissus who who absorbs
absorbs like like 1* 1* or or the the echo echo of of narcissus narcissus
who who expands expands like like 0+. 0+. Not Not to to mention mention
0*. 0*.

but but not not to to arrive, arrive, remaining remaining within within
the the infinitesimal, infinitesimal, external external set. set.
the the invisible invisible diacritical diacritical demarcation.
demarcation. description description in in absence, absence, absent absent
description. description.

the the differend. differend.

@who @who @lastlog @lastlog

@narcissus. @narcissus.


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replacement

tiny nonstandard vowels where are they

but many consonants

consonants are "the building blocks of words"

words are "the building blocks of meaning"

"the building blocks of words are the building blocks of meaning"

therefore "consonants are the building blocks of meaning"

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