to believe



...is to know what you cannot possibly prove to be true, but you feel to be the Truth,
as if you on a deck somewhere and see an approaching ship without the ocean anywhere within sight. The world presents phenomena which we seek to understand, but ultimately just accept and leave it at that. A whole city can disappear in weather, and who would be the wiser?

sf, ca 3/20

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