Irene came windy
She flooded our town
Destroying houses
Knocking the trees down
Trying our patience
Waiting for the sound
Of the rip ninety
Seven point nine

Rags was the bright star in Rusty's world. They did everything together with Rags in the lead. Rusty loved the life shared with the other clowns but Rags made the good times awesome. Rags loved the peace that Rusty carried inside and the way it calmed everyone around him. Their quiet life was destroyed by a wave of madness; Janus had arrived.

Janus sauntered into the ring, looking at the spectators doing doubletakes at his two faces. He spoke earily from his western mouth" Rusty are you in the front trying to hide in plain sight? " Then his eastern mouth whistled a low, long plaitant why. " Why did you leave? " Rags moved closer to protect his friend but Rusty motioned for him to stay back.

Rags had hoped that Rusty would stay forever. He wished Janus would find another parsec to invade. When Rusty came into his life Rags perceived that he possessed an unreal sense of time. Rusty lived in the present, with no thought of the past or future. This was the source of his endless grace.

Rusty was suddenly flooded with emotions ranging from rage to despair to joy. He chastised Rags for leaving the door open allowing Janus in. In seconds he began to come apart, with pieces of him being torn off by invisible fingers and then tossed into a wave that appeared in the room and swept Rusty out. Rags had nothing left but tears.