My tetrad pals also descend in an orderly fashion. They never yell obscenities from buildings under construction or go to open mics and make bad music. They don't wiggle from side to side, smile, dance or stop. Their speed changes, yes, but it is with absolute reason and consistency. One never fears a sudden downpour.
Tetrads toe the speed and order line like elementary schoolers on a pee parade.
Once a line is finished, it is gone, done for good, never to return. Less can be said for ingrown toenails, project reports and fruit flies I have known. And finally, there is comfort in the knowledge that the most rows that can be cleared at once is four. There is a certain indescribable magic in this number, a quadrated symmetry. I've been looking for a man as well-armed and with as clear a purpose my entire life.