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December sans snow, a fortress of darkness full of little twinkles of domestic yard trees clusters of Arctic fireflies, cautious ceremonial light, but the holiday arrives only too soon: a chilly black-lung storm from the southwest, sturdy as a city built out of wind, it rattles every last piece of loose metal, makes every gate squeak, and roars all long night long across metal rooftops like distant thunder. An overripe autumn, a fifth season traversed by no resolution; only habit helps, torpor and the ever reliable crankshaft, the planet’s motion.
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