7 a: humankind’s original or natural condition b: a simplified mode of life resembling this condition This language takes tautology as definition. Nature = a natural condition for mankind. [Sic] the whole statement. The language our land’s laws rest on, empty. When Europeans arrived, North America was “legally” empty. How so? A salvage race of […]
Marie Scarles
Marie Scarles is a writer, editor, and educator in West Philadelphia. Her poetry, essays, reviews, and artwork have appeared in The Rumpus, Believer Magazine, and Entropy, among others. Her website is mariescarles.com.