poet and mystic side quest

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+date: 2019-08-25
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+How does one approach what one can't describe?
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+> Swing the flashlight rapidly across the room. Piece together what you can from the sweep of the beam across the walls, the furniture.
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+How does one hunt down what leaves no tracks?
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+> Unwind the maze by keeping your right hand on the wall. Pray that the walls do not move.
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+How does one call down the gods to commune?
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+> Speak thrice, and enter.
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+I'm tired. I'm so tired. I'm tired and I'm upset and I'm lost.
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+> I know.
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+I want to shout and to whisper. I want to talk about how I feel when I read Stevens or Esch or Rilke. I want to put words to the feeling of falling to the ground and taking root.
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+I want to say how it feels when I step outside myself.
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+> You tried.
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+I guess that's all I can do.
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+> It's not, but it's important that you have tried.