gas giant.

radiant orange. glow of the furnaces.

switzerland. black woollen overcoat

grey suit. sunglasses.  earpiece-

mark out the low level operative.

sit in the sun window. the yellow

oblong. heat envelope.

ostentatiously

ignore the canine handlers.

gruesome overreach/of Invisible

Empire.

the archimedean foothold is found-

the point of leverage/unbalanced-

the Empire falls. market crash.

the karmic debt is called in-

bodies tumbling in mid-air

towers topple/sunlight

floods the field.