<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Political Melancholy on P.F. Bardo — Clandestine Archives</title><link>https://pfbardo.toasa.net/en/themes/political-melancholy/</link><description>Recent content in Political Melancholy on P.F. Bardo — Clandestine Archives</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><copyright>CC BY-SA 4.0 — P.F. Bardo</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://pfbardo.toasa.net/en/themes/political-melancholy/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Notes on fatigue</title><link>https://pfbardo.toasa.net/en/fragments/notes-sur-la-fatigue/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pfbardo.toasa.net/en/fragments/notes-sur-la-fatigue/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I.&lt;/strong&gt;
Fatigue is not a state. It is a territory. An entire country lives there without knowing it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;II.&lt;/strong&gt;
We are told that fatigue is personal. That we should &amp;ldquo;take care of ourselves.&amp;rdquo; Meditate. Do yoga. Drink water. Sleep more.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Inventory of silences</title><link>https://pfbardo.toasa.net/en/poems/inventaire-des-silences/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pfbardo.toasa.net/en/poems/inventaire-des-silences/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;The silence of the worker
who no longer says &lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The silence of the teacher
who no longer corrects the lies
in the textbook.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The silence of the journalist
who knows
but does not publish.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The silence of the river
beneath the concrete.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>