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1 | i | ||
2 | walter | ||
3 | walter | ||
4 | rides | ||
5 | the | ||
6 | bus | ||
7 | into | ||
8 | work | ||
9 | on | ||
10 | wednesday | ||
11 | morning | ||
12 | when | ||
13 | he | ||
14 | realizes | ||
15 | with | ||
16 | the | ||
17 | force | ||
18 | and | ||
19 | surprise | ||
20 | of | ||
21 | a | ||
22 | rogue | ||
23 | current | ||
24 | that | ||
25 | he | ||
26 | is | ||
27 | in | ||
28 | the | ||
29 | home-for-death | ||
30 | phase | ||
31 | of | ||
32 | life | ||
33 | that | ||
34 | era | ||
35 | in | ||
36 | which | ||
37 | the | ||
38 | next | ||
39 | time | ||
40 | he | ||
41 | goes | ||
42 | under | ||
43 | to | ||
44 | the | ||
45 | fields | ||
46 | of | ||
47 | seaweed | ||
48 | waving | ||
49 | gently | ||
50 | the | ||
51 | anemones | ||
52 | slowly | ||
53 | filtering | ||
54 | seawater | ||
55 | it | ||
56 | will | ||
57 | most | ||
58 | likely | ||
59 | be | ||
60 | for | ||
61 | a | ||
62 | death | ||
63 | in | ||
64 | the | ||
65 | family | ||
66 | he | ||
67 | is | ||
68 | able | ||
69 | to | ||
70 | idly | ||
71 | speculate | ||
72 | on | ||
73 | who | ||
74 | it | ||
75 | might | ||
76 | be | ||
77 | and | ||
78 | this | ||
79 | surprises | ||
80 | him | ||
81 | not | ||
82 | much | ||
83 | does | ||
84 | surprise | ||
85 | him | ||
86 | after | ||
87 | these | ||
88 | few | ||
89 | months | ||
90 | above | ||
91 | the | ||
92 | waves | ||
93 | because | ||
94 | so | ||
95 | many | ||
96 | things | ||
97 | did | ||
98 | surprise | ||
99 | him | ||
100 | those | ||
101 | first | ||
102 | few | ||
103 | months | ||
104 | the | ||
105 | plants | ||
106 | standing | ||
107 | still | ||
108 | the | ||
109 | quickness | ||
110 | of | ||
111 | the | ||
112 | fluid | ||
113 | these | ||
114 | creatures | ||
115 | walk | ||
116 | in | ||
117 | the | ||
118 | lack | ||
119 | of | ||
120 | pressure | ||
121 | that | ||
122 | still | ||
123 | makes | ||
124 | him | ||
125 | feel | ||
126 | so | ||
127 | alone | ||
128 | and | ||
129 | cold | ||
130 | as | ||
131 | if | ||
132 | all | ||
133 | of | ||
134 | his | ||
135 | life | ||
136 | he | ||
137 | had | ||
138 | been | ||
139 | in | ||
140 | an | ||
141 | embrace | ||
142 | by | ||
143 | the | ||
144 | ocean | ||
145 | and | ||
146 | now | ||
147 | for | ||
148 | some | ||
149 | reason | ||
150 | it | ||
151 | is | ||
152 | pulled | ||
153 | away | ||
154 | from | ||
155 | him | ||
156 | and | ||
157 | it | ||
158 | does | ||
159 | not | ||
160 | love | ||
161 | him | ||
162 | anymore | ||
163 | his | ||
164 | speculations | ||
165 | lead | ||
166 | him | ||
167 | to | ||
168 | picture | ||
169 | his | ||
170 | grandmother | ||
171 | small | ||
172 | and | ||
173 | frail | ||
174 | and | ||
175 | forgetful | ||
176 | he | ||
177 | always | ||
178 | assumed | ||
179 | she'd | ||
180 | be | ||
181 | next | ||
182 | since | ||
183 | last | ||
184 | year | ||
185 | when | ||
186 | the | ||
187 | other | ||
188 | one | ||
189 | died | ||
190 | and | ||
191 | gina | ||
192 | said | ||
193 | i | ||
194 | wonder | ||
195 | who'll | ||
196 | be | ||
197 | next | ||
198 | she | ||
199 | said | ||
200 | what | ||
201 | they'd | ||
202 | both | ||
203 | been | ||
204 | thinking | ||
205 | soon | ||
206 | after | ||
207 | that | ||
208 | he'd | ||
209 | come | ||
210 | up | ||
211 | to | ||
212 | land | ||
213 | to | ||
214 | the | ||
215 | mountains | ||
216 | of | ||
217 | all | ||
218 | places | ||
219 | the | ||
220 | most | ||
221 | land-like | ||
222 | land | ||
223 | and | ||
224 | started | ||
225 | a | ||
226 | job | ||
227 | with | ||
228 | an | ||
229 | accounting | ||
230 | firm | ||
231 | while | ||
232 | it | ||
233 | was | ||
234 | challenging | ||
235 | to | ||
236 | adjust | ||
237 | to | ||
238 | the | ||
239 | change | ||
240 | in | ||
241 | pressure | ||
242 | and | ||
243 | movement | ||
244 | to | ||
245 | people | ||
246 | staring | ||
247 | at | ||
248 | him | ||
249 | on | ||
250 | the | ||
251 | bus | ||
252 | in | ||
253 | the | ||
254 | supermarket | ||
255 | at | ||
256 | the | ||
257 | job | ||
258 | him | ||
259 | with | ||
260 | his | ||
261 | scales | ||
262 | and | ||
263 | fins | ||
264 | and | ||
265 | breathing | ||
266 | machine | ||
267 | he'd | ||
268 | always | ||
269 | made | ||
270 | a | ||
271 | point | ||
272 | to | ||
273 | make | ||
274 | the | ||
275 | best | ||
276 | out | ||
277 | of | ||
278 | a | ||
279 | situation | ||
280 | the | ||
281 | problem | ||
282 | was | ||
283 | that | ||
284 | the | ||
285 | best | ||
286 | was | ||
287 | not | ||
288 | good | ||
289 | enough | ||
290 | ii | ||
291 | l'appel | ||
292 | du | ||
293 | vide | ||
294 | verse | ||
295 | and | ||
296 | i'll | ||
297 | get | ||
298 | in | ||
299 | my | ||
300 | car | ||
301 | and | ||
302 | drive | ||
303 | and | ||
304 | i'll | ||
305 | want | ||
306 | to | ||
307 | keep | ||
308 | driving | ||
309 | straight | ||
310 | into | ||
311 | the | ||
312 | next | ||
313 | state | ||
314 | or | ||
315 | even | ||
316 | the | ||
317 | next | ||
318 | country | ||
319 | or | ||
320 | even | ||
321 | even | ||
322 | the | ||
323 | ocean | ||
324 | and | ||
325 | go | ||
326 | down | ||
327 | deeper | ||
328 | keep | ||
329 | exploring | ||
330 | forever | ||
331 | find | ||
332 | out | ||
333 | what's | ||
334 | down | ||
335 | there | ||
336 | go | ||
337 | to | ||
338 | the | ||
339 | marianas | ||
340 | trench | ||
341 | miss | ||
342 | the | ||
343 | air | ||
344 | world | ||
345 | and | ||
346 | come | ||
347 | back | ||
348 | up | ||
349 | itself | ||
350 | a | ||
351 | kind | ||
352 | of | ||
353 | unknown | ||
354 | the | ||
355 | homecoming | ||
356 | after | ||
357 | what | ||
358 | happened | ||
359 | to | ||
360 | the | ||
361 | home | ||
362 | i | ||
363 | was | ||