They say that death is the ultimate rip—the soul tearing free of the body. But I wonder.
Look at a river. It does not flow because the land is whole. It flows because there is a crack. The Grand Canyon is not a mistake. It is a masterpiece of erosion. The origin-rip- is the first fissure through which everything else will move.
But here is the brutal truth: the origin-rip- cannot be sewn shut.