constituent assembly, n.All

A Constituent assembly (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠nothing left to do once the republic is constituted, like the creator after the earth was made — except flee to heaven, which it refused to do.

The Constituent assembly (n.) dying ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠and despised could galvanize its own corpse only by reliving its June victory over and over, affirming itself by the constantly repeated damnation of the damned, a vampire living on the blood of the insurgents.

The Constituent assembly (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠like the Chilean official who set about a careful land survey just as subterranean rumblings announced the eruption that would hurl the land from under his feet.