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The falsem muse of empathy

Michael March

Rene Magritte, Elective Affinities, 1933; wikiart.org

The apparent clothed the conditional

dented—demented—sovereign

O—false muse of empathy

The disease of elections

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published: 7. 11. 2022

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7. 11. 2022

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Michael March

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