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Amor Fati

Amor Fati

A poem by Jake MacCallum

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Jake MacCallum
Mar 24, 2025
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Amor Fati
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Amor fati means love of the curse.

Look, by thirst of the desert,

you hunger for worse.

What will occur:

mirage, disease,

and a sight obscured

by way of the trees.

But to have no way back

and nobody to spurn

is to kiss the round track

and hug every turn.

No roots to pull

to turn back the season,

the sun must be full

if night evades reason.

Wage war on the…

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