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high, some brick and leaning planks. On the other side is a black spread of land, watershed, dirt ecology, and bottles. Owls, mice, snakes, and cats wander under and over this tine and mortared vault. They change the topic of con-versation. Some here rumor to have overheard those of corporate will one day also use this land. But for now, it is still only held as invest-ment/asset, insurance for future needs, perhaps expansion. Del Paso Road is a quiet, infrequent street, a corridor dark and ugly, outlet to ticketed events or challenge to adolescents with new cars. A lit and well-traversed northgate isn't any better. Prattle floats about the well-placement of work on graves. One quick lesson is to tune out surrounding issues, mixes of unnatural habi-tations, those who hold in earnest to skeletons in coffins.  | Lamplight, cocktails in the morning. Daniel Pino lives in Sacramento, California.  | |
