day 293 || now and then

Centuries ago, back in 1970, when I was five, we lived in Houston. And here I am full circle. The map is a decoupage my parents put together in their garage one summer. I remember my mother burning the edges of the map, deliberately playing with matches, soft sparks of the fire at her fingertips.

Sometimes I still try to sort out the Old World sciences that created the borders. It even contains two sea serpents coiled above the water, leviathans snorting water.