EPISODE · Aug 26, 2026 · 4 MIN
Figures Holding Their Lines · London, Maldives, Zürich
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The Circus worked like a tide, the red double-decker bus driving, waiting and standing while the black taxi waited, drove and crossed, the two missing each other again and again by just enough to please a ledger. Places in this entry: London, Reykjavík, Zürich, Maldives, Bangkok, Tokyo, Auckland, Hawai'i, Vancouver, Yellowstone, Montréal, Montevideo. Read it, with the pictures: https://apps.byatw.com/meanwhile/entries/26
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