How lucky I am tonight to be holding a lantern 
at this railroad crossing in the middle of America 
and not clinging to a leaky raft on the north Atlantic,

In 1027, not far from Bernburg,
eighteen peasants were seized
by a common delusion.

In 1027, not far from Bernburg,
eighteen peasants were seized
by a common delusion.

Dozens of burning, fish-shaped clouds dove for the horizon,
determined to make more of an already explosive sunset.