Toy Soldiers

Another Attempt, or, Excursus №6

Sean Norton
Nov 2 · 1 min read

(What follows is an excursus. The author already acknowledges its inadequacy.)

cultural jettison
and
hapless curios
marshaled, in formation,
or
arrayed, in their panoply;
a history of being that no longer is,
set out against mauve wrinkles,
on
several washworn towels,
2 mm of fabric armor,
and
beneath them hollow earth.

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My ambition in life is to pen at least one idea you find insightful. Damn the rest. Find more at sdnorton.com.

Excursus.

Excursus.

An excursus is nothing more than ideas trying to get away from the thoughts that spawned them in the first place.

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