the fire alarm at the top of the stairs has been ringing for days. each time they reset it it starts ringing again. it's a different tone than the ringing in my ears. there's so much going on, it overwhelms the neurons, the cells. the alarm is ringing through our bodies, throughout the building burning exploding world. through our bodies in fear and exhaustion to the nature of the lost world. we look for light and see fire with burning eyes, and the alarm rings and rings and cannot be silenced in the lost world.