. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
      .                                                         .
     .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .
    .  .                                                       .  .
   .  .   showing                                               .  .
  .  .    the ecstatic side             . . . . . . . . . . . .  .  .
 .  .     of madly extending           .                       .  .  .
.  .      to everyone                 .  stump of metaphorical  .  .  .
.  .      through a falsely marked    .  dream signal            .  .  .
.  .      painting                    .  sounding the call        .  .  .
.  .      of a lane                   .  to experience even        .  .  .
.  .      on the armor                .  the imperfect thong        .  .  .
.  .           |                      .           |                 .  .   .
.  .           #                      .           #                 .  .    .
.  .           |                      .           |                 .  .     .
.  .           |                      .           |                 .  .     .
.  .           \                      .           +-+               .  .     .
.  .            -----------------+--#-+           | |               .  .     .
.  .           /                 |    .             |               .  .     .
.  .           |                 #    .             |               .  .     .
.  .           |                 |    .             #               .  .     .
.  .           #                 |    .             |               .  .     .
.  .           |                 |    .  surrender to the gamble    .  .     .
.  .  perceiving duration        |    .  to wish a separate person  .  .     .
.  .  as a too warm              |    .  into parallel              .  .     .
.  .  interval of human weight   |     .                           .   .     .
.  .  breaking from the effort   |      . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    .     .
.  .  of narrating its history   |                                     .     .
.  .  to an empty handful        |                                     .     .
.  .  of drying figures          |            character voyage         .     .
.   .         |                  |            is a composite picture   .     .
.    .        #                  +---------#- of terror at abandoning  .     .
.     .       |                               the raw device           .     .
.      .      |                               of rattling past         .     .
.       .     |                               the field of openness   .      .
.        .    |                                                      .       .
.         . . | . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        .
.             |             |                                                .
.             |             #                                                .
.             |             |                                                .
.             |             |                                                .
.             |             \                                                .
.             |              ------------------+                             .
.             |             /                  |                             .
.             |                                #                             .
.             |                                |                             .
.            .|. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . .             .
.           . |                                                 .            .
.          .  |    the heat of catching                          .           .
.          .  |    the sound                                      .          .
.          .  |    of swollen image                                .         .
.          .  |    as an inconsistent                               .        .
.          .  |    flower music                                      .       .
.          .  |    moving unacceptably                                .      .
.          .  |    in and out of miracle                               .     .
.          .  |              |                                          .    .
.          .  |              #                                           .   .
.          .  |              |                                            .  .
.          .  |              |                       purposely thrusting  .  .
.          .  |              \                       a fragile version    .  .
.          .  |               --------------------#- of bounding          .  .
 .         .  |              /                       as the dance         .  .
  .        .  |              |                       just before          .  .
   .       .  |              |                       being caught dead    .  .
    .      .  |              |                                            .  .
     .     .  |              |                                            .  .
      .    .  |              #                                            .  .
       .   .  |              |             wiring energy                  .  .
        .  .  +--------------+----+--      to compelled enthusiasm       .  .
         .  .                     +-----#- by means                     .  .
          .  .                             of the skeletons            .  .
           .  .                            of the latest              .  .
            .  .                           blankness of the mirror   .  .
             .  .                                                   .  .
              .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .
               .                                                     .
                . . . . + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                        |
                        #
                        |                        . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                        |                       .                         .
                        |                      .   flying thought          .
                        |                      .   from rigging             .
                        |                      .   where the cage is sealed  .
                        |                      .   is wilted                 .
                        |                      .   to an inaccessible        .
                        |                      .   ornamental chain          .
                        |                      .          |                  .
                        |                      .          #                  .
                        \                      .          |                  .
                         --------------------#-+          |                  .
                        /                      .          +-+                .
                        |                      .          | |                .
                        |                      .            |                .
                        |                      .            |                .
                        |                      .            #                .
                        |                      .            |                .
                        |                      .  self-inflicted violence   .
                        |                      .  to the nearest           .
                        |                      .  downstream emotional    .
                        |                      .  retreat                .
                        |                       .                       .
                        #                        . . . . . . . . . . . .
                        |
          . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . .
         .                                 .
        .  spot of peace                    .
        .  amid the jumble                   .
        .  of collisions                      .
        .  that reinforce the hazard           .
        .  of becoming                          .
        .  imperceptibly minor                   .
        .      |                                  .
        .      #                                   .
        .      |                                    .
         .     |           sorcerer                  .
          .    \           of ceramic coolness        .
           .    --------#- gracefully aloft            .
            .  /           from the battle to account  .
             .             for dissolving              .
              .            of the physical spread     .
               .                                     .
                . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .