The Hole at the Heart of the World
7 min readNov 15, 2020
The temple is empty. That’s the point.
“I open this awful machine. To nothing.” — Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, ‘Heart’s Arms’
How long has this been going on?
Waking bleary-eyed and cotton-mouthed. Empty bottles clinking with every stumbling step. Pulling open the blinds to swear at the sun and beat a clumsy retreat, one hand raised in a…