Tristan Robert Lange

within

within

is

a

uni-

verse

of

uni-

versities

each

filled

to the brim

with grand libraries

stretching beyond eye’s sight—

scaling upward toward hellish heights—

swelling downward toward heaven’s delights

into infernal crucibles of fright

the brim—kaboom—

like a mushroom

mushrooming

into a small,

singular

spore

with-

in

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