Waymaker
_"Thank you, my friend, for coming."_ _"He is safe? He found his way to you without being hurt?"_ _"He is unhurt. It is a dangerous world to walk in but he came to no harm."_ _"Good. He's already known too much suffering."_ _"What is 'too much?'...
Ragnarok - XI
Somewhere it was after midnight, when The long hours of the morning stretch ahead Sideways, so that they wider grow and can Contain more night and not take up more time. Somewhere a boxer wandered in his dreams Down streets abandoned, over bridges...
Ragnarok - X
Like a gazebo in an empty park-- Where silent is the playground, where the paths No longer feel the tread of shoes or hear The jangle of the collar and the leash, Where wild and weedy tend the lawns, and trees Grow forestlike and rough--where once...
Ragnarok - IX
Somewhere dusk was settling. The air Was stirring gently as one sleep deprived Whose body yearns so much to dream that it Rebels, and tries to slumber standing up Whenever and wherever mind and will Relax their vigilance. It moved the grass Upon...
Ragnarok - VIII
The dawn above the east was solid light From edge to edge. If all the sky were one Piece of soft paper, dipped into a cup Of melted luminescence, that light crept Up it by capillary tug, spread out Neon infection through the fiber sheet, Just so...
Shen's Song
If I had wings like Noah's dove I'd fly up the river to the one I love. I'd fly up the river. Wouldn't stay around Where I got troubles to hold me down. I'd say farewell, all my troubles, Fare thee well. I got no money for to buy my meal. Oh my...
Bragging Rights
A full moon hung low in the sparkling night sky. Its silvery light streamed through the pines and skittered across the deathly still lake. But the night was still young, and the warbling coos of pigeons still echoed from the treetops where they huddled...
Through the Cracks - No Farther Seek His Merits to Disclose
## Finally the titles say: Conclusion - No Farther Seek His Merits to Disclose "There still remains the chance, the hope," the fox's voice does not sound like the voice of someone who believes there's the chance, the hope, "that everything we've seen...
Through the Cracks - Only Going In Circles
## The titles say: Part 9 - Only Going In Circles The screen shows only the empty couch, for a long moment. Off camera, someone sighs, deeply. The sound of steps approach, uneven, and the sound of something more than steps: Duller than feet, rubbery,...
Through the Cracks - There Will Be One Vacant Chair
## The titles say: Part 8 - There Will Be One Vacant Chair "So." Jacob looks grave. "The footage you've just seen arrived, on a flash drive, in the mail. Addressed to Micha, at this office. No return address. The day we were supposed to begin...
Through the Cracks - I Don't Exist But I Do Love
## The titles say: Part 7 - I Don't Exist But I Do Love The camera watches Jacob open a spiral notebook, flip a few pages. Most of them are nothing but entries crossed out with large X's, "3 1/2 lbs, straight, yellow tint," "3 lbs, rough bottom three...
Through the Cracks - And Lay Ghost Hands on Everything
## The titles say: Part 6 - And Lay Ghost Hands on Everything "So," Micha says, "Jacob calls Dev and Cam, says we're going on a road trip, starting wherever Alvarez ended up after the incident. Which was Payton, Arizona, some of my old stomping...