I Look for Exits
I look for exits. I mean, if you can get in you must be able to get out. I think to myself. How do you open a door that won’t open? Do you kick it down? Break it down? Set fire to it? Locksmith? Wishful thinking? Secret codes? Magic words? I can’t help feeling there’s something I ought to do.
From On the Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle, the seven-volume literary time loop sensation currently sweeping Europe.
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