i was cleaning out my desk and i found a bit of paper that probably hasn’t changed relative locations in close to 35 years. it was written on the back of a photocopied “description of statues” that was from Sindhu International, which, among other things, was my landlord when i was in the tech school, but the important part was written on the back, several years later, when i was working as a flagger…
GIRDED IN
THE TANGERINE VEST OF VISIBILITY
AND
THE AMBER HELMET OF HARDNESS
I BEAR ON MY STAFF THE POWER OF
THE SCARLET OCTAGON
AND I COMMAND YOU TO
STOP!