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…dusk        The river

and woods are grey              

Pahn    with a friend

 walking along the bank 

comes upon

Nomioss thinking 

Pahn sees

boys upriver

in the gloom   momentarily sharp

jumping from a high rock 

Nomioss is considering

the root of a tree

that juts

into the water

Pahn wants to explore

under the water

among the snags

and reefs

and walks

 into the river  where

he feels his way

along the bottom       finding

roots and boulders       while

his friend and Nomioss follow on the shore

  Pahn wants to see     He tries opening his eyes

thinking that there might

be enough light from the moon         but

the water is murky

and he only sees a translucent grey…

…They walk into

a warehouse    exploring the large

old      wooden building

It is also grey like the dusk

but it is a more defined      teal grey       They

can hear the rain on the roof

and soon

the roof is leaking sieve-like

so the three of them

make their way out…

…Pahn is in a small     back-room with Daphnis  

He sees an electric bass

picks it up     asking Daphnis

 if he has played it

Daphnis says

he was playing it        earlier

but Yahpehtos told him

it was too loud            Pahn thinks

it will be quiet

if he doesn’t plug it in        but

when he picks it up to play          it is

much louder than he thought possible…

…He is in the main room

trying to play a lap piano

still mindful of Yahpehtos    He realizes

that it doesn’t have black notes—without black notes

he can’t play what he wants 

Daphnis points out

that there are levers

under the keyboard                                                 

and Pahn thinks            perhaps

that he can change

 the pitch half a note…

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gas station      filling out a form

in bright foreign

Pahn watches Hehrmess’ hand moving

Making       thin

delicate lines                 and though the points are sharp

and the lines vertical as usual

they are more refined        and

drawn out slowly        giving

a sense of

thoughtfulness

and sympathy