I enjoyed it too, Patrick, the take on the sign followed by the longer fearful meditation on.... Not sure if you're going for more narrative or only showing us more OF the narrative always implicit, but your character emerges even more.... Doug Douglas Barbour 11655 - 72 Avenue NW Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 (780) 436 3320 http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ Latest book: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 Light weighs light, to the hand, to the eye. Feel it in two places. Robert Creeley