Deadpan Thoughts

Dreams within dreams

Fear had set in her heart… She lay in the darkness, motionless – but the pattern of her breathing gave away her peaceful demeanor -  ragged, semi-awake. She turned on her side to emit a series of hacking coughs. The form shifted back into it’s original position, having emitted an s.o.s through morse code – each [...]

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Freedom & Aliteracy

Aliteracy (alit·er·a·cy): The quality or state of being able to read but uninterested in doing so. It’s an ugly word aliteracy, don’t you think? I don’t like to use words like that but there seems to be no alternative, because illiteracy doesn’t capture the predicament we are dealing with, “people who can read but don’t”. [...]

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