. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 .                                                         .
.  solitary view                                            .
.  from inside the jar -#----+--                             .
.  of having flown           +--------+                       .
.  so imperfectly                     |                        .
.    |                                |                         .
.    #                                |                          .
.    |                                |                           .
.    |                                #                            .
.    |                                |                             .
.    |      . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .
.    |     .                                                       .  .
.    |    .  regimen                                                .  .
.    |    .  of interrupting fear                                    .  .
.    |    .  to understand each other                                 .  .
.    |    .  flying into lethal chance        . . . . . . . . . . . .  .  .
.    |    .  to hear                         .                       .  .  .
.    |    .  the state of knowledge         .  orders to the shadows  .  .  .
.    |    .  publicly pronounced            .  to eat the prospect     .  .  .
.    |    .              |                  .  of shimmering           .  .  .
.    |    .              #                  .        |                 .  .  .
.    |    .              |                  .        #                 .  .  .
.    |    .              |                  .        |                 .  .  .
.    |    .              |                  .        |                 .  .  .
.    |    .              \                  .        |                 .  .  .
.    |    .               ----------------#-+        |                 .  .  .
.    |    .              /                  .        #                 .  .  .
.    |    .              |                  .        |                 .  .  .
.    |    .              |                  .    paralyze              .  .  .
.    |    .              |                  .    the newly growing     .  .  .
.    |    .              #                  .    bands of collected    .  .  .
.    |    .              |                  .    warmer striding       .  .  .
.    |    .    . . . . . + . . . .           .   to an open            .  .  .
.    |    .   .                   .           .  wearing of the heart  .  .  .
.    |    .  .  depth of field     .           .                       .  .  .
.    |    .  .  of seemingly        .           . . . . . . . . . . . .   .  .
.    |    .  .  temporary danger     .                                   .   .
.    |    .  .  is noticeably askew   .                                 .    .
.    |    .  .           |             .                               .     .
.    |    .  .           #              .                             .      .
.    |    .  .           |               .                           .       .
.    |    .  .           |                .                         .        .
.    |    .  .           |                 .                       .         .
.    |    .  .           |                 .                      .          .
.    |    .  .           #                 .                     .           .
.    |    .  .           |                 .                    .            .
.    |     .  .     the distant            .                   .             .
.    |      .  .    miniscule appearance   .                  .              .
.    |       .  .   of the aperture       .                  .               .
.    |        .  .  of risk              .                  .                .
.    |         .  .                     .                  .                 .
.    |          .  . . . . . . . . . . .                  .                  .
.    |           .                                       .                   .
.    |            . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                    .
.    |                                                                       .
.    |                                                                       .
.    |               . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                         .
.    |              .                               .                        .
 .   |             .  nervousness                    .                       .
  .  +-----+--     .  of a student juggler            .                      .
   .       +-----#-+  incomplete                       .                     .
    .              .  in driving public                 .                    .
     .             .  sea of apprehension -#----\ /      .                   .
      .            .  to the moment              |        .                  .
       .           .  of control                 |         .                 .
        .           .                            |          .               .
         .           .                           #           .             .
          .           .                          |            .           .
           .           .                stubble of nostalgia   .         .
            .           .               for the circle          .       .
             .           .              blowing plethora        .      .
              .           .             of bothered thoughts    .     .
               .           .            into obviously damaged  .    .
                .           .           faces of the myth       .   .
                 .           .          of power               .   .
                  .           .                               .   .
                   .           . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   .
                    .                                           .
                     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . .
                                                 |
                                                 #
                                                 |
              readiness to mold                  |
              the massive wall                   /
              of rigid faces   -#-----+----------
              into hand               |          \
              that knows              #          |
              eclipse is still        |          |
              ephemeral               |          #
                                      |          |
                                      |       vision
                                      |       of the desert hawk
                                      |       of history
                                      |       directly overhead
                                      |       disdainfully refusing
                                      |       to grapple the tale
                                      |       long enough to crush it
                                      |
                                      |
                                      |
                                      #
                                      |
                                freshly start
                                to cross again
                                the weathered archipelago
                                of centuries
                                as the victims