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One Night Stands
                                    (Achizm #2)

Transformations
can occur (to
the transformed;
to the spectator
of the transformation)
as immediate, an immersion
into inversion, yin becoming
yang; yang, yin. The cockroach
lies flat, content, as it (mostly)
covers the nuclear reactor. The
nuclear reactor sits silently in the
distance, chugging, as if making a
joke of its very own silence, of the
cockroach atop it, here, in the middle
of a state that lies somewhere in the
middle of a country. All passersby
pull their automobiles over just
to spectate; to participate. It is,
as always, a beautiful day. Each
of us are part of the beauty, and
so we whisper: “Gorgeous!”  “Ama-
zing!”  “What a spectacular day!”