denouement
raze
the
trouble
with
an
ending
is
it
sends
you
scurrying
back
to
the
birthplace
of
a
thing
that's
finished
.
you
dance
across
the
black
teeth
of
an
escalator
that
no
longer
knows
how
to
move
.
you
see
everything
with
different
eyes
.
sometimes
you
wonder
why
you
walked
around
for
so
long
inside
a
story
you
didn't
get
to
write
yourself
.
you
wish
you
could
have
those
years
back
.
do
something
else
with
them
.
anything
would
be
better
than
dying
in
someone
else's
rough
draft.
but
dead
is
what
you
are
,
and
the
only
effective
form
of
time
travel
you've
ever
found
is
in
your
words
.
so
save
them
for
someone
who
wants
them
,
or
swallow
them
whole
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from