Needle's Eye

They were in danger, and couldn't imagine they were in the danger.

They were in more danger than they thought, when they began to run.
And they ran and ran, not knowing they were condemned from the start to be inside; inside that very same danger they sought to flee.

And they fled and fled --
from that which they could not outrun.

It was worse than the shadows!

They were in a danger which was inside them, already.
Eye of a needle inside a thread which made conception, such as we have it, even possible --
and even imaginable.

They were in danger, and couldn't imagine they were inside.



Footnotes:
1. Dinosaur Extinction
2. Tsunami strikes Chilean retirees
3. Chilean earthquake may have shortened length of day