[url=http://1190.bicyclesonthemoon.info/aftertime/viewer?story=advent&f=25][img]http://1190.bicyclesonthemoon.info/aftertime/advent/advent-25.png[/img][/url] [center]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [b]We're Building the Ship as We Sail It by Kay Ryan[/b]
The first fear being drowning, the ship's first shape was a raft, which was hard to unflatten after that didn't happen. It's awkward to have to do one's planning [i]in extremis[/i] in the early years— so hard to hide later: sleekening the hull, making things more gracious.[/center]
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