. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
              .                                             .
             .   stare before                                .
            .    the giant widespread                         .
           .     electricity          -#----\ /                .
          .      of everyone else's          |                  .
         .       personal instant            |                   .
        .                                    |                    .
       .                                     |                     .
      .                                      #                      .
     .                                       |                       .
    .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . . .  .
   .  .                                                             .  .
  .  .  . . . . . . . . . . .                                        .  .
 .  .  .                     .                                        .  .
.  .  .  competing to inter   .                                        .  .
.  .  .  reflexive stare       .                                        .  .
.  .  .  in isolation           .                                        .  .
.  .  .  of unison singing       +-#----+--      pushed before vibration  .  .
.  .  .          |                .     +-----#- to dream away            .  .
.  .  .          #                 .             ceramic body            .  .
.  .  .          |                  .                                   .  .
.  .  .          |                   .                                 .  .
.  .  .          +-+                  .                               .  .
.  .  .          | |                   .                             .  .
 .  .  .           |                    .                           .  .
  .  .  .          |                     .                         .  .
   .  .  .         #                      .                       .  .
    .  .  .        |                       .                     .  .
     .  .  .    effort                     .                    .  .
      .  .  .   for detachment enough      .                   .  .
       .  .  .  to have ecstatic position  .                  .  .
        .  .  .                           .                  .  .
         .  .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  .  .
          .  .                                             .  .
           .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .
            .                                               .
             . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                               |
                               #
                               |
                               |
                               |                      pin the mind
                               +-----------\ /-----#- to alien place
                                            |         of vision
                                            |         constantly about to crash
                                            |
storms within the interval                  |
of knowing                                  |
the horizon harmless                        |
         |                                  |
         #                                  |
         |                                  |
         +-----------\ /------------------#-+
                      |                     |
                      |                     #
                      |                     |
                      |               . . . + . . . . . . . . . . .
                      |              .                             .
                      |             .   undeliverable moon          .
                      |            .    deflected into               .
                      |           .     strength enough               .
                      |          .      to hold the mask               .
                      |         .              |                        .
                      |        .               #                         .
                      |       .                |                          .
                      |      .                 |                           .
                      |     .                  |                            .
                      |    .  instinct  -#----/ \----#- shade of solitary    .
                      |    .  to freeze  |              spirit wants to bolt  .
                      |     .            |                                    .
                      |      . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                      |                  |
                      |                  |
                      |                  |
                      |                  |               clothe it
                      +-#---------------/ \-----------#- in the colors
                      |                                  of artistic
                      |                                  strain against the box
                      |
                      |
                      #
                      |
                    decoy
                    shaped like certainty


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