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23 Hush I฀was฀in฀love฀with฀the฀idea฀of฀the฀body฀in฀repose. From฀the฀throat,฀a฀thistled฀song฀grew.฀Then warblers.฀Then฀a฀mountainous฀trill. The฀yellow฀breasts฀in฀orbit฀were฀messengers฀from฀god. They฀said฀hush,฀for฀the฀body฀was฀god฀and฀it฀was sleeping.฀Do฀not฀wake฀it฀and฀do฀not฀fear. At฀this฀point฀the฀sound฀hurt฀as฀though฀I฀had฀eaten a฀stone฀which฀became฀mountainous.฀It฀left no฀option฀but฀to฀sleep฀.฀.฀.฀to฀sleep฀and฀become more฀tree-like.฀More฀safe. At฀this฀point฀I฀had฀abandoned฀my฀tune for฀shade.฀I฀had฀become฀fearful฀and฀still. I฀huddled฀in฀my฀stillness,฀though฀I฀loved the฀body.฀I฀tried฀to฀mimic฀god฀in฀sleep but฀the฀air฀was฀alight฀with฀wings. ...

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