I read that earwigs undergo “incomplete metamorphosis” ... a process called hemimetabolism. The earwig has no pupal stage and does not molt. Our earwig, then, old HCE, is incapable of complete metamorphosis or transformation. He simply is regardless of the costume he wears in the Wake or the particulars of the time or setting he finds himself in. He simply is ... like the earwig ... and this is why ALP’s speech in Book IV is so heartbreaking, so very lovely and generous and merciful.
Gale of Grace
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Luke 12:49–56 In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus says, “when you see a cloud
rising in the West, immediately you know it’s going to rain, and it does.
And when t...
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