The Way It Is

“Those honey-coloured ramparts at your ear”
Anicca, anicca

The life of the party
Anicca, anicca

20/20 vision
Anicca, anicca

BFF
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BMW
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“Thy eternal summer”
Anicca, anicca

Standing ovations
Anicca, anicca

The winning goal
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50,000 new visitors each month
Anicca, anicca

A twenty-year-old’s lissomeness on the beach
Anicca, anicca

Endless Summer LP
Anicca, anicca

That smitten look
Anicca, anicca

Nocturnal chatter orgies
Anicca, anicca

Ultimate orgasm
Anicca, anicca

Marvel of Mary Jane’s brownies
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Goosebumps
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Rage
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Dread
Anicca, anicca

Schadenfreude
Anicca, anicca

Klesha Flavor of the Month
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120/80
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Kafka’s neurotic suffering
Anicca, anicca

Che’s motorcycle
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Sandinista Revolution
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Mona Lisa
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Crazy Jane

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Twin Towers
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1000+ followers
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Dylan’s folk purity
Anicca, anicca

LOL
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Day at the French Laundry
Anicca, anicca

B/w print by Sebastião Salgado
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Roman hegemony of the known world
Anicca, anicca

USSR
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American global hegemony
Anicca, anicca

“Best minds of my generation”
Anicca, anicca

—Anicca, Pali, noun, impermanence; the arising, passing away, and changing of all phenomena; one of the Bengali Buddhist teacher Munindra’s oft used reminders in daily life, “Anicca, anicca.” See Mirka Knaster, Living This Life Fully: Stories and Teachings of Munidra(Shambhala, 2010).