Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Keir

n.
an ill-fated attempt to reenact a beloved memory years later, returning to a place that once felt like home, only to find it now feels uncannily off, like walking through a wax museum of your own childhood.

Dutch kier, fissure or narrow opening, as in the midpoint of an hourglass. Pronounced “keer.”

The Til

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Aesthosis

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Ameneurosis

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Volander

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Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Fool’s Guilt

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