For instance, you might have said:When he was leaving the store,it was starting to rain.Or:Winnie was a sleeve torn.It was darting derange.You might have taken (one canplay detective endlessly),a ream of paper and tracedintricate scalloped designsof the living room'ssilver radiator, or the young man,towns away, his face blind-embossed beneath the narrativewe won't let go of.Was it:The grass noddedbeneath the dance.Or:Wrists knottedthese knees and pants.Or, perhaps:Zebras snottedbereaved of ants.No, knocking on wood won'tchange what happens next.Little yellow flags markingtheir dancing footsteps—1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 is wherehis body was found.Nevermind headphones,can of iced tea, lighter,scratched cell phone,or three-leaf cloverwanting to turn four.You might have thought:He was wearing a red sweater.He's swearing ahead weather.He is airing a head feather.He was erring hat fodder.His hearing a hard father.Is searing an old water.Adhere a worn blotter.A year in hot falter.Here in what order.Earring voiceover.Herring half over.Arrow October.Heroine sober.Rigged clover.