“How it was not the grotesque mounting of a decapitated animal that shook you - but that the taxidermy embodied a death that won't finish, a death that keeps dying as we walk past it to relieve ourselves.”

like being brave, I think. Like you got this big ole head full of seeds and no arms to defend yourself.”

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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Reaching climax

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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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