Ali Darwish
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The Tax of the Unfinished

2026.08.06

The unfinished do not decay. They accumulate.

The unfinished do not decay. They accumulate.

A thing that decayed could be mourned and released.

A thing that persists must be looked at, or not looked at, every day.

The looking and the not-looking are both a tax.

Finish it, or bury it. The shelf does not forgive.

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