a treatise on survivors

‘treatise’ is derived from the latin trahere -

to extract, withdraw,

to bring together,

to drag, haul,

to plunder,

to prolong, delay,

to dissipate, squander,

to take on, assume

to endure

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being left
over

to turn

and turn only
to fall

again

for you
make nothing

out in

order to survive
(latin sur- 'above’

+ vivere

'to live’) your
undertakings

it is sometimes said
that the dead

have no future
which isn’t true

as you recall

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ida
from the germanic id
meaning work

memory, like work, is an argument for the benefit of the worker of memory
(François Laruelle)

anna
from the hebrew channah
meaning grace

the graceful and merciful lord proves by pardons and amnesties his supremacy over his own laws
(Carl Schmitt)

abominable, i know

how to carry on, this way

past you, assuming this

painless memory of pain