Mercy

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I walked through the meadow and I felt the tingling of grass blades on my feet before I burned them on coal. The tall reeds under my hands blackened and fell to the ground. the wind blew the ashes of the plants and they smeared me a seafoam dress with a long glittering siding attached to my shoulders. I wore this dress precisely because I'm headed for the sea and I thought that a robe like this was perfect for the dancing waves of the dark ocean.

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