WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.690 align:middle line:90% 00:00:00.690 --> 00:00:02.580 align:middle line:90% OK, so we have city. 00:00:02.580 --> 00:00:03.540 align:middle line:90% We have danger. 00:00:03.540 --> 00:00:06.300 align:middle line:90% We have weather. 00:00:06.300 --> 00:00:07.605 align:middle line:90% This is called "Safe Passage." 00:00:07.605 --> 00:00:10.490 align:middle line:90% 00:00:10.490 --> 00:00:16.190 align:middle line:84% "Three weeks of rain, four weeks, five-- 00:00:16.190 --> 00:00:19.760 align:middle line:84% they say we come from the sea, carry certain depths 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:21.770 align:middle line:90% wherever we go. 00:00:21.770 --> 00:00:25.910 align:middle line:84% What light is available doesn't reach us. 00:00:25.910 --> 00:00:31.520 align:middle line:84% Seven weeks of rain, eight weeks, nine-- 00:00:31.520 --> 00:00:34.160 align:middle line:90% life this deep is dark and slow. 00:00:34.160 --> 00:00:38.210 align:middle line:90% You hardly know now who you are. 00:00:38.210 --> 00:00:42.530 align:middle line:84% Then week ten, the kind of twilight so warm and clear, 00:00:42.530 --> 00:00:45.830 align:middle line:84% you're almost inclined not to trust it. 00:00:45.830 --> 00:00:48.860 align:middle line:84% The kind of weather that keeps you walking and walking 00:00:48.860 --> 00:00:53.120 align:middle line:84% because walking is a pleasure again. 00:00:53.120 --> 00:00:57.800 align:middle line:84% Late night, late night, the street corner hustler's song 00:00:57.800 --> 00:01:00.890 align:middle line:84% to sell you a transfer on the local line. 00:01:00.890 --> 00:01:05.330 align:middle line:84% I've always wondered, does the demand ever meet the supply? 00:01:05.330 --> 00:01:09.350 align:middle line:84% And who is it supplies the supply? 00:01:09.350 --> 00:01:13.160 align:middle line:84% Moon in its baby fingernail phase, the dark side 00:01:13.160 --> 00:01:15.920 align:middle line:90% still discernible. 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:16.730 align:middle line:90% Keep walking. 00:01:16.730 --> 00:01:17.840 align:middle line:90% Don't break stride. 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:22.040 align:middle line:84% When someone says to someone, you goddamn piss me off, 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:27.200 align:middle line:84% and you keep on doing it, reminds me of who used to say, 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:31.250 align:middle line:84% I look forward to knowing you the rest of my life. 00:01:31.250 --> 00:01:37.970 align:middle line:84% Well, fare forward, ultimate stranger, and farewell. 00:01:37.970 --> 00:01:42.890 align:middle line:84% Late night, late night, and who was it 00:01:42.890 --> 00:01:46.820 align:middle line:84% just said, I think about calling you every day, 00:01:46.820 --> 00:01:49.040 align:middle line:90% but doesn't call at all? 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:49.760 align:middle line:90% Who was it? 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:53.180 align:middle line:84% I mean, beyond the face, beyond the voice and the name. 00:01:53.180 --> 00:01:55.790 align:middle line:90% 00:01:55.790 --> 00:01:59.810 align:middle line:84% A dirigible, cold white, drifts over the skyline, 00:01:59.810 --> 00:02:01.790 align:middle line:84% turns slowly toward the neighborhood, 00:02:01.790 --> 00:02:04.790 align:middle line:84% like a shark that has picked up the scent of blood, 00:02:04.790 --> 00:02:07.370 align:middle line:90% but is taking its time. 00:02:07.370 --> 00:02:14.420 align:middle line:90% Warning signal, on, off on, off. 00:02:14.420 --> 00:02:17.040 align:middle line:84% And who is it does call me every day? 00:02:17.040 --> 00:02:23.610 align:middle line:84% I mean, beyond the voice, beyond the name and the face. 00:02:23.610 --> 00:02:26.880 align:middle line:84% Pastel sweaters and a chain link fence, 00:02:26.880 --> 00:02:32.790 align:middle line:84% old jackets for sale, shoes abandoned for a better life, 00:02:32.790 --> 00:02:36.870 align:middle line:84% ghost clothes waiting for the body that will save them 00:02:36.870 --> 00:02:42.510 align:middle line:84% from their suspended animation, then blocks later, 00:02:42.510 --> 00:02:45.570 align:middle line:84% the same clothes on a different fence, 00:02:45.570 --> 00:02:48.900 align:middle line:84% and look, the same moon, the same blimp, 00:02:48.900 --> 00:02:53.370 align:middle line:84% the same incantation, aimed at the same passers by, 00:02:53.370 --> 00:02:57.360 align:middle line:84% late night, late night, late motherfucking night. 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:01.260 align:middle line:84% In a parked car, someone says to someone, oh, 00:03:01.260 --> 00:03:05.280 align:middle line:84% and I suppose you're so virtuous? 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:08.955 align:middle line:84% The night is duplicating itself as if it means to last. 00:03:08.955 --> 00:03:11.490 align:middle line:90% 00:03:11.490 --> 00:03:14.880 align:middle line:84% I reach for the bus pass tucked in the deep pocket 00:03:14.880 --> 00:03:19.620 align:middle line:84% of my old jacket and find it, instead, the sea 00:03:19.620 --> 00:03:26.400 align:middle line:84% stone, small, smooth, dark, the night's hidden enduring heart, 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:28.740 align:middle line:90% the sea stone that someone-- 00:03:28.740 --> 00:03:33.090 align:middle line:84% who was it-- gave me years ago for good luck." 00:03:33.090 --> 00:03:38.570 align:middle line:90% 00:03:38.570 --> 00:03:40.610 align:middle line:90% Are you tired? 00:03:40.610 --> 00:03:41.850 align:middle line:90% Do you want to stand up? 00:03:41.850 --> 00:03:45.290 align:middle line:90% Do you want to do some aerobics? 00:03:45.290 --> 00:03:46.220 align:middle line:90% No? 00:03:46.220 --> 00:03:48.320 align:middle line:84% Anybody want to play a game of basketball, 00:03:48.320 --> 00:03:50.430 align:middle line:84% pick up, a little pick up basketball? 00:03:50.430 --> 00:03:51.470 align:middle line:90% B-ball? 00:03:51.470 --> 00:03:52.620 align:middle line:90% No? 00:03:52.620 --> 00:03:54.050 align:middle line:90% OK. 00:03:54.050 --> 00:03:57.500 align:middle line:90% I'm trying to give you options. 00:03:57.500 --> 00:03:58.220 align:middle line:90% Any requests? 00:03:58.220 --> 00:04:01.010 align:middle line:90% 00:04:01.010 --> 00:04:02.201 align:middle line:90% "Born to Run" maybe? 00:04:02.201 --> 00:04:02.701 align:middle line:90% No? 00:04:02.701 --> 00:04:10.070 align:middle line:90% 00:04:10.070 --> 00:04:11.900 align:middle line:90% Is there anything you want? 00:04:11.900 --> 00:04:12.400 align:middle line:90% OK. 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:13.010 align:middle line:90% More poetry. 00:04:13.010 --> 00:04:13.910 align:middle line:90% OK. 00:04:13.910 --> 00:04:15.035 align:middle line:90% What's that? 00:04:15.035 --> 00:04:15.800 align:middle line:90% More poetry. 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:16.700 align:middle line:90% More poetry. 00:04:16.700 --> 00:04:18.790 align:middle line:90% All right, can do.