The One Who Recognized Me
02 · 20 scenes
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Riding the Kalahari
We sat above the heat, the desert wide and pale beneath the moving car.
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II · XXThe Stuck Wheel
One wheel sank and held; the desert kept us where we were.
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III · XXThe Mini Archipelago
Small squares of land, ten by ten, laced together by bridges over water.
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IV · XXFriends in the Mist
Across the water they were shapes only, calling that they would meet me further on.
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V · XXThe Cleared Fog
The fog lifted and a church-like building stood ahead, its steps waiting.
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VI · XXThe Dropped Umbrella
An umbrella lay fallen on the steps where we had collided.
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VII · XXWait
He looked at me as at someone long lost, and said: yes, it's you.
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VIII · XXPulled From Within
Flat on the ground, unmoving, while the air before my mouth was drawn away.
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IX · XXFound Again
He stood once more beside the church, and I came to him to speak.
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X · XXTwo Branches
In one he stayed and watched; in the other he shot away like a thrown thing.
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XI · XXThe Map From Above
My sight rose until the world below was only a map.
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XII · XXSwallowed Whole
We stood still a long while, and then he took me into himself.
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XIII · XXSearching the Cave
A glimpse of stone walls, a light moving through the dark.
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XIV · XXThe Dark Room
A dark room, and within it a bed from an older vision.
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XV · XXThe Car by the House
Parked at the curb against a house, the computer open before me.
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XVI · XXThe Window
In the window an old woman, or a black shape where she had been.
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XVII · XXOn the Sidewalk
Then we were both outside, standing on the pavement, speaking.
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XVIII · XXThe Girl on the Bike
A girl rode past, sad, saying she had to leave.
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XIX · XXLetters in the Hallway
Random letters lay in the hall, and one of them was mine.
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XX · XXThe Green Apartment
Our rooms, but greener now, thick with plants, her happy pictures in the letter.