Whites in Congo Flee by Ferry

New York Times, July 9, 1960: “Reports of rape and murder by drunken
African troops threw whites into panic in Leopoldville today and sent
men, women and children fleeing in terror for safety.”

To flee. To feel. Distance signified by the order of consonants.
To be aware. Of someone. Of some thing. Through touch.
Through being touched. To sense flame. To meet its embers,

the matter that remains after, or sometimes precedes, a fire. To run
from a place, site of danger (when you are the danger). To scurry
aboard the ferry, suitcases in hand. To have no words for this.