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Ratios of Paradise Tony Tost

A fear         look at it but you can only see it

A brand         a ghost that burns for centuries at a time

Vision        has no dimension and thereby embraces all dimensions

The ability        feeling the presence of an underground

A healing         a healer is not in direct contact with his or her actions

A healing         cannot be explained by morality

Communications        meaning is dictated before the speaking begins

An instrument         every emotion is measured

A fear          bearing children with monstrous needs

A point in space        one sees one’s theories lying in state

Apparitions         authority in circulation

A system         evolves a figure as the interpretation of lines

A feeling         immobilization, interference, an infinite adaptation

A fear         hearing one’s voice coming back over the phone

Voices and sounds         captured and recorded on magnetic tape, from the beyond

A technique         forgiving the dead

An innovation        the washing away of techniques

A ghost         immobilized by driving a nail into the ground

An answer         vengeance for instruction or murder

Percussive sounds tapping an intelligible message beneath the spoken word

A duplicate         one's own body

An impression         there is a dull familiarity always upon waking

A parasitic entity         instructors feeding upon emotional remains

A traditional activity         stopping a fire by the throwing of stones

A circle        the protection is drawn

Comfort         all the circles emerge

An act         forming something solid out of air

A fear         being infested with desire