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language was just difference. a thousand different ways of seeing, of moving through the world. and translation - a necessary endeavour, however futile, to move between them. // that's just what translation is, i think. that's all speaking is. listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.

violence is the only language they understand, because their system of extraction is inherently violent.

“i’m not a foreigner. i was born here.” you tell em birdie!!

words and phrases you think are carved into your bones can disappear in no time.