Another guard from [Washington] DC asked me once where I was from. When I told her I was from England, she thought for a moment then asked, ‘Y'all got lions, elephants, and shit there?’

‘Only in zoos.’

I forgot to ask you first what sort of acquittal you want. There are three possibilities, that is, definite acquittal, ostensible acquittal, and indefinite postponement.

Grasp

this, there is no law, you are not open to

prosecution, look all you'd like, it will squirm for you, there, in this rising light, protected

from consequence, making you a

ghost, without a cry, without a cry the

evening turning to night, words it seemed were everything and then

the legal team will declare them exempt,

exemptions for the lakewater drying, for the murder of the seas, for the slaves in their

waters, not of our species, exemption named

go forth, mix blood, fill your register, take of flesh, set fire, posit equator, conceal

origin, say you are all forgiven, say these are only

counter-resistant

coercive interrogation techniques, as in give me your

name, give it, I will take it, I will re-classify

it, I will withhold you from you, just like that, for a little while, it won't hurt

much