I don’t think of my writing as expression. Expression implies release, urgency, something needing an outlet. This is closer to alignment. What appears on the page has already settled; it’s what remains after explanation, anticipation, and apology are removed. I don’t write toward clarity or reception. I remove the imagined reader, not as defiance, but as hygiene. What stays is quieter, narrower, and precise — even if fewer people recognize it.

I don’t think of my writing as expression. Expression implies release, urgency, something needing an outlet. This is closer to alignment. What appears on the page has already settled; it’s what remains after explanation, anticipation, and apology are removed. I don’t write toward clarity or reception. I remove the imagined reader, not as defiance, but as hygiene. What stays is quieter, narrower, and precise — even if fewer people recognize it.