Antoniar

“Soldiers falling fast
Battle of white and scarlet
Blossoms on the ground”
― David Kudler, Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale

“At that moment, in the temple of her lovers’ tangled limbs, Lea felt the presence of the Divine close by, immanent and imminent — everywhere and everywhen — and it was a sublime feeling, one that made her feel infinitely powerful and infinitely small, both at the same time.

A good fuck can make even an agnostic see God — a fact that explained Lea’s parents’ fascination with Tantra, something about which Lea thought as little as possible.”
― K.D. West, The Visitor Entertains

“Lea found that she was saying things, saying them pretty loudly, but had no clear concept of what she was saying. [Sean and Andy’s] names, maybe. The seventy-two names of God. The capitals of all fifty states.

Love. That word featured in there a lot. Which made sense. To the extent that Lea had any sense left at all.

She was coming. Stupid word, coming. Arriving seemed more like it. Or exploding. Was there a word that meant both?

If there were, it would have described what she was doing. Again, very loudly.”
― K.D. West, The Visitor Entertains

“The blossoms fall just once each winter, yet in our memories, they fall every day.”
― David Kudler, Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale