Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

“Its proper name is slaughter.”

Janina values animals more than her neighbors. She makes you see how humans justify cruelty by calling it sport.

“At my age, one must always take a proper leave.”

Living in a remote village changes how you see time. The winter feels like a slow battle for survival against the cold.

“They treated me like an old tool.”

People ignore older women as if they are invisible. Janina uses that silence to watch everyone while they assume she is crazy.

“The stars are a great clock.”

Astrology gives Janina a map for the chaos. She looks at the stars to find logic when the world feels cruel and random.