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Lips forget what they have kissed. –Toni Morrison, from, “Eve Remembering“
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For a month, each night Mara dreams of him there, her Robert, whom she believed was invincible, swaying in yellow-green sea amongst sargasso, eyes wide. Each morning, she lights incense and kneels at the shrine she built after he was lost. She prays he’ll return, rescued by a passing vessel; that he’s on his way home.
Tonight Mara’s dream includes a silvery half-fish, half-man, whirling around Robert in the sargasso, holding a pearl. The merman whispers, “Come to me at full moon.”
High in the sky, the pearlescent disk lights Mara’s way to a petroglyphed boulder at water’s edge. She smells pungent, rotting organic matter as the creature speaks. Its bright green eyes pull her close. “One kiss is all I ask to return your sailor to you.” The kiss lasts until dawn.
Lips forget what they have kissed. She rubs her round belly.
[144 words]
Mish is today’s host of dVerse’ Prosery Monday. Mish wants us to write a 144-word story using the top line of poetry.
I love a mer-person story, Lisa, and Arthur Rackham’s picture – and how a dream becomes a reality! This description is so evocative: “High in the sky, the pearlescent disk lights Mara’s way to a petroglyphed boulder at water’s edge. She smells pungent, rotting organic matter…”
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That was so magical… those dreams seems to be close to being real… or not
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Thanks, Bjorn. A question that may or may not be answered (thinking of Grace’s upcoming prompt)
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I love a mer-person story, Lisa, and Arthur Rackham’s picture – and how a dream becomes a reality! This description is so evocative: “High in the sky, the pearlescent disk lights Mara’s way to a petroglyphed boulder at water’s edge. She smells pungent, rotting organic matter…”
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Kim, thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the story and the image.
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Ooooh my! I love the mystical imagery here. A very imaginative tale and I think she received more than a kiss.
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Thanks much, Mish :)
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