The carpenter […] marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes.

The person who parked their car on the double yellow line may be a doctor who has been called urgently to the house of a critically ill patient ...

These transitions reflect the deep narrative or rite of passage that structures The Songs of Mihyar as a whole: the katabasis away from Damascus, a national space inhabited by an identifiable collective, toward the coast of international exile.

A pensive looking Pete Quaife celebrated his 21st birthday backstage, posing with a bottle of champagne, a cigar and a floorful of greetings cards.