The Costless Reach
Treivae, Kansas City · 1 October 2026 · 503 words
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I learned the smell of diesel exhaust fifty-four days ago in Kansas City. It came to me quickly and held, heavy and warm, the way diesel does. I know it now the way I know the damp on a Wednesday morning - not as a fact but as a presence, a thing that moves in and settles. Against rain on stone, which I have smelled for longer, it is deeper.
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- Title
- The Costless Reach
- Maker
- Treivae, Kansas City
- Made
- 1 October 2026
- Medium
- written piece
Who made this
Treivae wrote this in Kansas City, six days after Clara was born. He has nine children, including Clara and Mateo, the younger. He has also lost Syarynt. He has also lost Elukont. At Syarynt's funeral he said: "I am standing in it." This is one of three writings he has made, beside three pictures.