They were quiet, these strange places where the fires of hatred fanned out across flat landscapes, where the voices retreated beyond the middle distance, where the surveillance became less and less obtrusive. Sometimes he would sit somewhere and think, with a kind of wonder, "Nobody's watching." They had all withdrawn to a safe distance, but nothing passed unnoticed. There was a kind voice somewhere up the food chain, grizzly observers bored with the task. As if he wasn't bored himself. But they danced in the stream they created; and perhaps might learn to do better background checks. Never mind. One story ends and another begins. One door shuts and another opens. One piece of bastardry is a magnificent gift; because it throws light across the dangerous shallows, and opens a new path.
PECULIAR GIFTS
PECULIAR GIFTS
PECULIAR GIFTS
They were quiet, these strange places where the fires of hatred fanned out across flat landscapes, where the voices retreated beyond the middle distance, where the surveillance became less and less obtrusive. Sometimes he would sit somewhere and think, with a kind of wonder, "Nobody's watching." They had all withdrawn to a safe distance, but nothing passed unnoticed. There was a kind voice somewhere up the food chain, grizzly observers bored with the task. As if he wasn't bored himself. But they danced in the stream they created; and perhaps might learn to do better background checks. Never mind. One story ends and another begins. One door shuts and another opens. One piece of bastardry is a magnificent gift; because it throws light across the dangerous shallows, and opens a new path.