he walks the straight line as if ghosted by a severity that could at any moment scrape the membrane world. ahead of him a blood drawing baby floats into a small room where some poor sap must be waiting. he is here to address the letter writing department for challenging his letter writing capabilities he recently used on behalf of his sister who has been charged with obtaining too low of a tree when in fact the rope she was issued was too long. his father was supposed to come as well but has acquired a rare form of poet helplessness. as for mother, she failed to return some time ago and for all he knows is still softening the language of the animal kingdom. seeing the baby has made me want to set aside someone to facilitate his reattachment to violence.