REH’s Writings

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Babel

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SectionFinished and Professional

Opening lines

Now in the gloom the pulsing drums repeat,And all the night is filled with evil sound;I hear the throbbing of inhuman feetOn marble stairs that silence locks around.

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Finished / professionalBabel

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the Babel dreamerfirst-person observer trapped in a cosmic nightmare1 textual state