Genji Monogatari: Flares

Critical decisions concerning
land use are made outside
the realm of knowledge. Paved
surfaces increase, ethanol
tanks displace the water table,
riparian trees have disappeared
diminishing wildlife habitat.
Only the north-central Texas
section retains a clear pattern
of the flux of meanings in
modern society, & it remains
stranded in a snow storm. "I
must be abstemious," said
Genji. "Old men have a way
of saying things they regret
when they drink too much."