To show you the world, I\u2019ll take you by the hand on a hot, clear day in Tokyo, towards the middle of the morning, when people hurry home for lunch.
\nTo answer if there is anything that wouldn\u2019t come undone, I\u2019ll point to the ground, which begins to tremble and shake, to the cracks tearing it apart.
\nTo dispel your disbelief, I\u2019ll take you through the people running for safety, some already buried as houses fall down, gas pipes breaking, fire spreading through the town.<\/p>\n
The past is a disheveled lake after a summer storm. Clear on the surface but in its depths, murky and dark.
\nIn order not to scare you I\u2019ll call the frigid, ghostly lake-water, the passage of time.<\/p>\n
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