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           Neonforest,rainsizzlingacrosshotpavement.Thesmelloffryingfood.Agirl’shandslockedacrossthesmallofhisback,inthesweatingdarknessofaportsidecoffin.

           Butallofthisreceding,asthecityscaperecedes:cityasChiba,astherankeddataofTessier-AshpoolS.A.,astheroadsandcrossroadsscribedonthefaceofamicrochip,thesweatstainedpatternonafolded,knottedscarf...

           Wakingtoavoicethatwasmusic,theplatinumterminalpipingmelodically,endlessly,speakingofnumberedSwissaccounts,ofpaymenttobemadetoZionviaaBahamianorbitalbank,ofpassportsandpassages,andofdeepandbasicchangestobeeffectedinthememoryofTuring.

           Turing.Herememberedstenciledfleshbeneathaprojectedsky,spunbeyondanironrailing.HerememberedDesiderataStreet.

           Andthevoicesangon,pipinghimbackintothedark,butitwashisowndarkness,pulseandblood,theonewherehe’dalwaysslept,behindhiseyesandnoother’s.

           Andhewokeagain,thinkinghedreamed,toawidewhitesmileframedwithgoldincisors,Aerolstrappinghimintoag-webinBabylonRocker.

           AndthenthelongpulseofZiondub.