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The Divine Arctic Comedy, Heaven

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Heaven           Air                   Future   Sublimate. Dissipate. Eliminate. Obviate.   Retreat – Sublimate, v.: to pass directly from the solid state to the vapor state; archaic: to improve or refine, as in […]

The Divine Arctic Comedy, Purgatory

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Purgatory        Ice       Present   Millennial. Annual. Tangible. Visible.     Advance – Water became ice. Masses of ice ranged from the north across oceans, continents, and islands; tongues extended from mountain tops […]