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Liminal-icious
See Aliens (MP) |
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| By early afternoon, he had lost sight of land. In all directions
now, he was surrounded by nothing but water. The air smelled
differently so far from shore, less mixed with sand and earth,
more weighty with brine. With the sun beating down on him,
he adjusted the sail to catch the shift in the afternoon wind,
and in that way, he sailed on straight into sunset and the
starlight of evening. Once asleep, he quickly toppled into
a dream, where seashells were books and waves were made of
bread that tasted sweet like honey. He drifted that way, until
the morning sun poked him with its warm rosy fingers. The
boy lifted himself up and saw there in the water, circling
all around his raft, a whole school of chirping dolphins.
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Hindu
Wrestling Queens (DJW) |
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| Triadondia greeted the dolphins with great enthusiasm,
babbling to them about his desire to be a sea creature too.
The dolphins, responding to his energetic song, danced closer
and one in particular snuggled right up next to the raft,
as if inviting the boy to leap on its back. Triadondia was
not afraid. He had done this before, while swimming near his
home. And so, relinquishing any thought for his safety or
for the fate of his little raft, he grabbed hold of the dolphin’s
fin and slide gracefully onto its back |
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Deep
Sea Jellies (SW) |
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| Triadondia felt the wind rush all around him as the strong
dolphin he was on broke for open sea. The boy had to hold
on very tightly. Never had he experienced such speeds as this.
“Fly, Brother dolphin, fly ! And I will fly with you,
“ he shouted. And then, as if his words had been a magical
inattention, the sea parted exposing great plumed walls of
white water, and into the heart of that cleft, the dolphin
on whose back Triadondia clung, leaped high and plunged like
a knife deep into the cavernous opening. Down they went, with
the water spiraling sparkly and crystalline, radiating rainbows
of wet light all around them. |
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Sweet
Vixen Smokin' Signals (MG) |
Suddenly, the dolphin slowed its plunge
and Triadondia was able to make out below him a broad glowing
green surface from the center of which emanated a bright
tower of blue light As he drew closer, the surface revealed
itself as a moving field of sea grass – very soft
and very welcoming. Without knowing why, Triadondia let
go of the dolphin’s fin and floated down towards the
waving green carpet and the seductive pillar of blue light. |
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Super
Pink Fuzzees Sharing the Candy Wealth (DW) |
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| The boy soon discovered that
by controlling his breath, he could speed up or slow his
descent. Never mind that being a creature of the earth,
he was somehow able to breathe now underwater. Never mind
that the world had been turned upside down. Never mind all
the things that made no sense. What made greater sense to
him now was that his eyes were awash with light, that his
body was filled with a newfound power, and that his heart
and mind were joined in a surge of joy that in that moment
made all things seem possible. |
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