XXIX.

How many stories interoperate
under the surface?

Can a surface be thus
if it's impenetrable?

What determines
word order?

Can a line be by-the-by
when vague headlines are
all the news unfit for lint?

Dryers, washers, and dishes:
could any element be ready
for the end of buying
and things?

When the going gets brusque 
can the polite keep going?