i remember standing at the edge of the narrow corner that leads up to fort lewis college from town. i'd taken a greyhound back from santa fe, where i'd stayed with greg and cindy. it had gotten back late, and i was more stubborn then, and walked up the side of the hill. i'd never been in a place with such little light pollution and i saw every star in the sky. my best guess is it was march 9th, 2009; if i'm right, this is what the sky would've looked like.

a decade minus 2 weeks later, i saw julia holter bellow 'i love you, in the city of man' while looking directly above me, and it felt the same.