R/ckets and S/ntries

the setting proved narrative, a treat more sympathetic than the rhythm of decline. nations fail in their story. people grow tired of the lines. drums perform in a vague air, which delivers nothing until we've recanted. extreme excuses slip off the map. the map was poor, refinement being a nemesis now. all was told and tolled. does measure fill the extended portrait? movement on the map belongs to one or two. other voice seems more adjusted to the fall. aliens continue observing, touching bridges and abutments.