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The End of Reading
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14 The End of Reading A tingle, then the brush fire in the limbic system. A string of words, a sentence It finds the zipper enclosing your spine, and pulls. I’m cold Can you stare at the sparking? Which strand might you peel from which bundle and tie around your wrist before slipping the whole thing back in? Remember how it goes? Will it slither back inside its armor on its own? I can’t be walking around like this A true author neither apologizes nor gives a roadmap. The ganglia won’t let me loose It is up to you, dear reader to determine whether the work 15 will change your views, prescription, habits. Ever examined one of these things? The reader and the text together make a third thing. I’ve grown a new lateral horn ...