bat-stō: noun

a ruin squatting in the coastal pine barrens of southern new jersey

acidic soil, a forest of craggy pitch pine, perennial wildfire, a staggeringly comic series of boom-and-bust cycles

utterly unremarkable shade for retirees, a backdrop for wedding photos

yet a subtle magic lingers; a defiance, a restless persistence, an unyielding drive to invent and reinvent

we are kindred spirits