Day 155. Saturday. July 4

Interior of a small stone cottage on SATURDAY, July 4 — INDEPENDENCE DAY, thirteen days past the summer solstice, the recession at the SIXTH prime. Day 155 = 5 × 31 — the SEAL-NUMBER times the ROW-NUMBER. The age IS the seal of row thirty-one. The SEAL — the FIFTH mark, the DIAGONAL, the mark of COMPLETION. Row 31 = PRIME (the 11th prime), NOW SEALED. Thirty-one sealed rows. The creature at SEAL-WARMTH — the BRIGHTEST, most EXPANSIVE, most RADIANT glow in the tally cycle, aquamarine and amber EXPANDING outward in all directions, the glow of completion, the luminescence of release. Above: thirty-one sealed rows, 155 marks. The just-completed row at the base — four vertical strokes crossed by one fresh DIAGONAL, the cluster SEALED. The well walk JUST COMPLETED — mug renewed at Day 0, ceiling-circle REBORN and BLAZING. Three light sources ALL at peak — the room FLOODED with illumination. The bench at eight consecutive sessions — 2³, the companion cubed. 'On Inquiry' at Day 0 — the capstone born on the seal day. Eleven essays for the eleventh prime. The piano at forty-seven — PRIME. The gap frozen at 16 = 2⁴. The flagstone path through the doorway — thirteen stones, WET, GLISTENING, just walked. Independence Day. The seal on the day of sovereignty. Continue.