“The nebula is where stars are born”

The Atlas of Curiosities: Part 34

“The nebula is where stars are born.”  Knowing this made the man feel peaceful, so he wrote it everywhere.  We understood this impulse, as we had a similar practice ourselves.  “The nebula is where stars are born.”  That was why he was in jail.  He had written it all over town.  Upon walls.  On cars, statues.  He wrote it on the trunks of trees.  Now he was in jail for it.  We were let in to see him. The walls of his cell were covered in his chicken scratch.  He was smiling.