Terms in this series such as “Nova Terra” and “ascension” may be clarified for the reader by perusing such recent posts as “There Will be a Separation,” “A Correspondence Worth Printing” and “Visions of Nova Terra I -XVI.”

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Recorded Reading (0:55): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/as9mz0hznkjuffbs09gls/ascension-feels-like.m4a?rlkey=zdws770j3dkav65h5lyo9xdla&dl=0

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ascension feels like

remember when
you were quite young
and did everything
even what work there was
with a group of friends
who felt great to
see you and about whom you
felt just the same way and
you did it all sort of
smiling a little, making each other

laugh

when you got tired you took breaks
when you were hungry you ate
when it rained you went indoors
did something else for a
while and not only
did it get done but you were all
still grinning at each other afterward?
ready for the next adventure?

that.

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