So one day Emily\u2019s down there by the trees and she looks at that bit of cling wrap \u2014 like I\u2019ve said, it\u2019s one of the last things left \u2014 and it\u2019s wobbling in the wind.<\/p>\n
And it reminds her of how she used to look at space.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s something in it that makes her think of the way things used to be, back when there was something more to the world than the house, and the woods, and the chaos, and that bit of blue and seamless sky.<\/p>\n
It wobbles in the wind, that bit of cling wrap, and it makes shapes for her, and it reminds her of the old and wild space; of a sky that was of more shades than blue.<\/p>\n
Of stars and stones.<\/p>\n
Of the jaguars, and the scissors, and the saints.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s like it\u2019s all still there. It\u2019s like it\u2019s all still in there, and real, on the other side of that little bit of film; but she walks around it, once, twice, thrice, and it\u2019s the same from either side.<\/p>\n
So she takes off her hat, and she hangs it up \u2014<\/p>\n
I guess maybe that\u2019s to mark her home.<\/p>\n
And she walks out into the waste beyond the edges of the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m gonna get them back,\u201d she says. \u201cAll those errant children in the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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