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they did not rocket away, they rose slowly
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Created on 2009-05-02 00:06:41 (#192671), last updated 2023-10-17 (79 weeks ago)
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| Name: | a gotham daffodil |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | Mar 1 |
| Location: | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Website: | the poetics of space |
As they accomplished their nearly silent traverse, the setting sun made the glass palisades and grey towers a shield of gold. And as its light disappeared from all but the tips of spires which glowed like smoldering punks that children used to signal by, the city turned on its cool chemical lamps: a hundred million flashes, fires, and hearths racked on mountainous towers with castled tops . . . Next to this enormous harrow of gold and green, of shining ledges and needles, the ships tied up at North River piers looked like insects running along the crack of a baseboard.
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Username/journal name are after a wall hanging called Gotham Daffodil and an installation piece called Gotham Girls Spin Their Yarns. Other text is quoted from Winter's Tale, which is by Mark Helprin. None of these works are mine.
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