He followed the travel
guide carefully, replacing the
listed sites of interest with
the actual objects when he
found them. Houses that
had a history, a row of shops,
fountains, parks, the plaza
with its famous wall of shame.
Once he had the scene he could
fill it with inhabitants, just as
the book did when it decorated
cathedral ceilings or described
the inside of a hall. Otherwise
façades, or acts of stagecraft.
Walls that flickered into being
as he approached & hid what-
ever lay behind. He saw the
railway station & walked to-
wards it. Climbed up the steps
to find it was the concourse
where the world came to an end.
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