And our hearts like whirlybirds like paper fortune tellers open close one way another pick a number a creature pick a color the paper comes together then almost apart inside each count past each color some dark some bright future is written you’ll be happy be loved go missing die young count out the red eleven the yellow seventeen the paper snaps like a flag a valve like the breast of a bird pull hard make a wish pick luck spell out daisy rose spell clover choose the cat the flying fish the bear make a promise make another clatter the paper unfold the flap here in this city you will love again the drowning man and then one day you’ll simply stop here in this city you’ll love for a time the man who practices murder studies slaughter the man who can kill you easily the only man you’ve ever been sure never will