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In Your Diminishing Tongue

Throughout millennia, I have consumed many words. I devoured the mammoths’ savory nouns, grazed upon the smoky verbs of mycelium. One word I remember with particular clarity is chi-chiq’i, which...

In Your Diminishing Tongue

Throughout millennia, I have consumed many words. I devoured the mammoths’ savory nouns, grazed upon the smoky verbs of mycelium. One word I remember with particular clarity is chi-chiq’i, which...