call yourself the Doctor
name yourself the Nameless
faces in the pavement
where would they have come from?

laughing at the furious
fury at the listless
turn the gears around, then
faces in the pavement

find yourself a traveller
'genial' as 'spirit'
faces in the pavement
faces in the bushes

faced with inattention
something skips and falters —
must have jumped a time track —
medium in admittance
and the story breaks, now.