serving as a backdrop for engaging in risk

walk the children down to the pit where they can see the musicians tuning up

embracing the traditional not straying too far from the time-honored

shocked unsettled they carried on with an intensity driven by tension

we are sorry that our product is no longer working to your satisfaction

he couldn't help but let out another big sigh of frustration

a word that fails to materialize sputters out of the corner of my mouth

in a child's life things strike with the magic of their existence

poised to spend multiple millions fixing it some argue it shouldn't be reopened at all

the presence of an element unresolved in this otherwise absolute stability

the ambiguous presence of rain and night silence seeming to hold us closer together

purposely saying whatever things it takes to upset people

she did not lie a rare soul not distinguishing fantasy from reality

these changes have not improved conditions at the facility

all too aware of the scourge knowing your way around procedure

outcast of ideas cast out peering over beyond edges

markings are inadvertently erased through digging and transporting

like us they get their energy by consuming other life forms

understanding how it works suggests it might be possible to do better

ready to be read online now available beyond all innocence reading

we do not hear fine tasty powerful the element of surprise

self censure having it cleaned redone reduced repackaged for resale

variant unoriginal climbing to have a peek what do the neighbors do

playing at living being everything being nothing uneasy being oneself carcinogenic

scattershot anger without pausing or aiming letting fly at everything

activities forward backward same place struggle ignore these messages

residue of life never painless not paradise memory is a deceiver

a perpetual stream of visitors afternoon evening night the catalytic influence

we clanked glasses she drank hers quickly obviously relieved by the taste of alcohol

an instant in time ahead of me my shadow waits possessing its own knowledge