2004-05: The Naming of Names

           Theycametothestrangebluelandsandputtheirnamesuponthelands.HerewasHinkstonCreekandLustigCornersandBlackRiverandDriscollForestandPeregrineMountainandWilderTown,allthenamesofpeopleandthethingsthatthepeopledid.HerewastheplacewhereMartianskilledthefirstEarthMen,anditwasRedTownandhadtodowithblood.Andherewherethesecondexpeditionwasdestroyed,anditwasnamedSecondTry,andeachoftheotherplaceswheretherocketmenhadsetdowntheirfierycaldronstoburntheland,thenameswereleftlikecinders,andofcoursetherewasaSpenderHillandaNathanielYorkTown…

           TheoldMartiannameswerenamesofwaterandairandhills.Theywerethenamesofsnowsthatemptiedsouthinstonecanalstofilltheemptyseas.Andthenamesofsealedandburiedsorcerersandtowersandobeisks.Andtherocketsstruckatthenameslikehammers,breakingawaythemarbleintoshale,shatteringthecrockerymilestonesthatnamedtheoldtowns,intherubbleofwhichgreatpylonswereplungedwithnewnames:IRONTOWN,STEELTOWN,ALUMINUMCITY,ELECTRICVILLAGE,CORNTOWN,GRAINVILLA,DETROITII,allthemechanicalnamesandthemetalnamesfromEarth.

           Andafterthetownswerebuiltandnamed,thegraveyardswerebuiltandnamed,too:GreenHill,MossTown,BootHill,BideaWee;andthefirstdeadwentintotheirgraves