| There’s something solid forming in the air,
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| And the wall of death is lowered in Times Square.
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| No-one seems to care,
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| They carry on as if nothing was there.
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| Rael starts to run away towards Columbus Circle. |
| Each time he dares to take a look, the wall has moved another block. |
| At the moment when he thinks he’s
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| maintaining his distance from the wall, the wind blows hard and cold slowing
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| down his speed. |
| The wind increases, dries the wet street and picks up the dust
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| off the surface, throwing it into Rael’s face. |
| More and more dirt is blown up and it begins to settle on Rael’s skin and clothes, making a solid layered coat
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| that brings him gradually to a terrified stillness. |
| A sitting duck.
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| The wind is blowing harder now,
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| Blowing dust into my eyes.
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| The dust settles on my skin, |