Per your instructions, Levitating Mermaid, I have begun construction of the ark. It will be able to hold many letters.
Submitted by callmebalthazar
In possession of a treasure trove of secret letters--pursued by the Imaginary Sailor.
2 years ago
| Notes: 1
Look, I don’t want to disappear like a river into the ocean but the only time the flow can be stopped is in the winter, when the river is frozen and cannot merge.
Some time when the river is ice ask me mistakes I have made. Ask me whether what I have done is my life. Others have come in their slow way into my thought, and some have tried to help or to hurt: ask me what difference their strongest love or hate has made. I will listen to what you say. You and I can turn and look at the silent river and wait. We know the current is there, hidden; and there are comings and goings from miles away that hold the stillness exactly before us.
What the river says, that is what I say.
2 years ago
2 years ago
The straightforward mermaid starts every sentence with “Look … ” This comes from being raised in a sea full of hooks. She wants to get points 1, 2, and 3 across, doesn’t want to disappear like a river into the ocean. When she’s feeling despairing, she goes to eddies at the mouth of the river and tries to comb the water apart with her fingers. The straightforward mermaid has already said to five sailors, “Look, I don’t think this is going to work,” before sinking like a sullen stone. She’s supposed to teach Rock Impersonation to the younger mermaids, but
every beach field trip devolves into them trying to find shells to match their tail scales. They really love braiding. “Look,” says the straightforward mermaid. “Your high ponytails make you look like fountains, not rocks.” Sometimes she feels like a third gender—preferring primary colors to pastels, the radio to singing. At least she’s all mermaid: never gets tired of swimming, hates the thought of socks.
-Matthea Harvey
And my question to you, dear Levitating Mermaid, is what do you say to me?
Submitted by callmebalthazar
2 years ago
| Notes: 2
The waters swelled and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark drifted upon the waters.
Submitted by callmebalthazar
2 years ago
| Notes: 1
![I have seen much in my journeys. Many wonders, Levitating Mermaid. Such as this:
A beast called Ḥ.w.m.s having the form of a bearded human head, with ears like the ears of cows. It has the body, wings, legs and tail of a bird. It is associated with the name of al-ghafr [Lunar Mansion 15]. A beast called A.w.rās having the form of two girls joined together face to face. They carry between them something like a necklace. They have wings on their backs, and their legs turn backwards. It is associated with the name ((of al-zubānā [Lunar Mansion 16]))
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I have seen much in my journeys. Many wonders, Levitating Mermaid. Such as this:
A beast called Ḥ.w.m.s having the form of a bearded human head, with ears like the ears of cows. It has the body, wings, legs and tail of a bird. It is associated with the name of al-ghafr [Lunar Mansion 15]. A beast called A.w.rās having the form of two girls joined together face to face. They carry between them something like a necklace. They have wings on their backs, and their legs turn backwards. It is associated with the name ((of al-zubānā [Lunar Mansion 16]))
from callmebalthazar
2 years ago
I received a message from you today, dear Mermaid, as I took a day on shore. I don’t know how you found me. All I know is that this was the epiphany I knew would come. There is an ark to be built.
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