"Rebecca never sits on public benches but she had to stop here, feeling a cry coming on, downtown, on a bench she’d picked because it faced a tall video screen. Sitting and staring sometimes helps. Zoning...
"Where would I be in ten years, when a larger version of the map updated the red blotch beyond the royal purple zone, combining the colors into a dark, dried nosebleed red, which was a guesstimate of the outlet...