interpretation

Mike Cannell

avantacular press

2010
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' ccss d' t b nwr f nd f th frt qps ts tst wth dth btnd th dth f ths tr
prhbtd n th wrld nd r whl msr, wth th lss d' DN, jsq' s tht th plcs
whch rcvr lrgr stll qp s thr s nd sts t t f lgs f chnc, sngng Hv' ; nl MS,
tht n tph hghr sd scrt d' RB r f th SN, ddst f tth t ths shpdg, wh nfrmd
d' ccss th sd chsn, t th bgnnng lk Hv' ; BT nd th grnd ssmbld CHS: r
f th f j f hll f SN mr nd SL' ; S-brk f th flw' ; D chmfrd b rcl f Gd; n tp
clls tsd th ssstncs wth th mn sng dvntrs, tht wtht vrg flght nvsgs t rs
bv th' ; Th dg d' NN, drng hm xrts thngs nttmptd nvrthlss n Prs r
Rhm. nd mnl l' sprt prfrs th thsnd , ths dst bfr ll th tmpls th' ; rght hrt
nd prl, mnnrs t , fr th knw' thsnds; ; n; STRPTCQ. ; Frst Wst vlbl nd
wth th dv tsprd d' pwrfl wngs lk th stst, tht n l' dmgs cnsdrbl nd md' ;
mltpl thsnds; STRPTCQ. t prgnnt: Wht n m s drk llmntng , whch t lw
ncrs s nd spprts thmslvs; Wth th hghth ths grt rgmnt knw th' ; xpln;
Prvdnc trnl, nd jstfs ths Gd f ws t th mn. Sd d' ccss, fr Hv' ; N d nt hd
nthng th pnn, nr knwn s th mjr srfc f l' hll, th frst, whch css Mv' ; D r
lrg prnts n ths hpp stt, Fvr' ; D vn Hv' ; d N ths n n mprtnt lvl, fll t th
bttm f th cntrs bcm fr lrd f dlmttn f th wrld mrvr f thr crtr nd xcd? Wh
frst sdc' ; D t wth ths pltr rt? Th' ; spn d' hllsch mks n ttmpt; t ws, ts
bd sklfl Strd bv wth l' nv nd rvng, dcv' ; D th mthr d' chld, whn hs prd
l' t f Hv' hd; ; jté; rblls ngls b thr ssstncs f ffrt t tslf n th fm bv ts stp f
rsmblnc N, wth ts whl wnr, md hm cnfdnc, rnd d' ql' ; t hv; D hghst,
s' t pps' ; D; nd wth n mbts gl gnst th thrn nd mnrch f Rs' Gd; ; wr D-
rrlgs prsn n Hv' ; N nd Bttl prdl wth th ftl ttmpt. t l' nrg th lmght Hrld,
th hd th frst f th' ; flms; Sk éthéré wth th trrbl rn nd brn t th bttm n
Vrdmmns wtht bs thr wth l' stp n th hrd chns nd n tghtnd , wh dfs t
th' f thrst; mnptnt wth th rms. Ths sctr nn msrmnts f prds d nd nght
wth th mn f dd t wth hs hrrbl crw pttng vnqsht t nd n xtrm Glf rwlng
nstrblchr cnfsn: Bt ts Rsrv' dstn; ; D t wth mr ngr; fr d' ccss th thght
f th lst chnc nd th prmnnt pn th strm; t rghl thrws ts dsstr wth th s f
ths wtnss' ; Mx mch lrg f srrw nd d' fr f D-vr wth th hrdnd prd nd htrd
nébrnlbl: mmdtl jsq' wth l' ngl wll knw ss t wth th drk lss f sttn xnd th
svg, dngn trrbl, n ll th sds rghl lk lrg frnc flm' ; D, nvrthlss f ths flms
n lght, bt rthr dnst bvsl Srv' ; D t b dscvrd nl wth th nhpp rs f sght f
th cncrn, clrs lgbrs, whr pc nd th rmndr cn nvr nt rmn, hp cms nvr
cms t ll; bt trtr wtht nd lws rcmmnd nd n xtrm fld, drwn nsd wth ll-
xtrm slphr ncnsm' ; D: Wth ths hv prpr' ; plc trnl jstc; D fr tht rbls hr
ts prsn rdn' ; D n th fnl dnst nd thr sbst s fr rmv' ; D f Gd nd th lght f
Hv' ; N n th thr cntrl tms wth th' ; xtrnl psts. D' lk dffrntl tht l' plc, d'
whr th fll! Thr th fll f cmpnns f th snd, ' ; rwhlm' ; D wth flds nd
tmpsts crns f mvmnt f fr, t rcgnzs sn, nd rng f th wrld b ts sd fllwng
vn n l' nrg nd ftrwrds n th crm, ftr lng tm knwn n PLSTN nd n nm' ;
BLZBB F D. T whch th' ; Sprm nm, nd n wht n Hv' ; N cll' ; D Stn, f th
crs wrds brk hrrbl pc, ths strtd. f thsnds t bst; Bt sch s fll' ; N! lk
chng' ; D f hm, tht n th hpp kngdms f th Clth' lght; ; D wth sprntrl f l'
plc f ddst f brghtns lmns Mrdn n th nnc: f t cmbnd th mtl lg, f th
thghts nd th pcs f cncl, th sm hp, nd th dngr n l' ntrprz splndrfl, Jnd
wth m, nw jnd f hth f msr n th sm thng rn: n whcvh wll thsnd fl' ; sst f
whch hghth; N, s mch th prvd mr xtrml t wth ts thndr: nd p t tht pnt,
whch knw Krft f ths trrbl rms? nvrthlss nt fr nr tht xtrml gnng t n ts fr
fct dds dffrntl cn rpntd r th chngs, chng' ; D n th xtrnl glss; ths
dffclts wth l' rrngmnt nd wth th rsd cntmpt, f th drctn d' njr' ; D-
ncms/srvcs, wth th rs' mst pwrfl; t fght D , nd wth l' vlnt ntntn brng
nnmrbl Krft lngth f ' ccss d' t b nwr f nd f th frt qps ts tst wth dth btnd
th dth f ths tr prhbtd n th wrld nd r whl msr, wth th lss d' DN, jsq' s
tht th plcs whch rcvr lrgr stll qp s thr s nd sts t t f lgs f chnc, sngng
Hv' ; nl MS, tht n tph hghr sd scrt d' RB r f th SN, ddst f tth t ths
shpdg, wh nfrmd d' ccss th sd chsn, t th bgnnng lk Hv' ; BT nd th
grnd ssmbld CHS: r f th f j f hll f SN mr nd SL' ; S-brk f th flw' ; D
chmfrd b rcl f Gd; n tp clls tsd th ssstncs wth th mn sng dvntrs, tht
wtht vrg flght nvsgs t rs bv th' ; Th dg d' NN, drng hm xrts thngs
nttmptd nvrthlss n Prs r Rhm. nd mnl l' sprt prfrs th thsnd , ths dst
bfr ll th tmpls th' ; rght hrt nd prl, mnnrs t , fr th knw' thsnds; ; n;
STRPTCQ. ; Frst Wst vlbl nd wth th dv tsprd d' pwrfl wngs lk th stst,
tht n l' dmgs cnsdrbl nd md' ; mltpl thsnds; STRPTCQ. t prgnnt: Wht
n m s drk llmntng , whch t lw ncrs s nd spprts thmslvs; Wth th hghth
ths grt rgmnt knw th' ; xpln; Prvdnc trnl, nd jstfs ths Gd f ws t th mn.
Sd d' ccss, fr Hv' ; N d nt hd nthng th pnn, nr knwn s th mjr srfc f l'
hll, th frst, whch css Mv' ; D r lrg prnts n ths hpp stt, Fvr' ; D vn Hv' ;
d N ths n n mprtnt lvl, fll t th bttm f th cntrs bcm fr lrd f dlmttn f th
wrld mrvr f thr crtr nd xcd? Wh frst sdc' ; D t wth ths pltr rt? Th' ;
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