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DRAGONS OF THE BIBLE And฀the฀parched฀ground฀shall฀become฀a฀pool,฀and฀the฀thirsty฀land฀฀ springs฀of฀water;฀in฀the฀habitation฀of฀dragons,฀where฀each฀lay,฀฀ shall฀be฀grass฀with฀reeds฀and฀rushes. ISAIAH฀35:7 Their฀scales฀are฀hidden deeper฀than฀any฀Sumerian฀grave, deeper฀than฀ice-age฀silver฀veins, in฀the฀world฀God฀couldn’t฀bring himself฀to฀make. We฀find฀their฀ghosts฀in฀the฀clouds: blank,฀shifty,฀enormous. Dragons฀never฀join฀us on฀Wisconsin’s฀wet฀surface, where฀it’s฀humid฀all฀summer, as฀if฀someone—or฀something— large฀were฀breathing the฀herbs฀to฀life. Our฀mint฀multiplies as฀dragons฀drift on฀the฀cusp฀of฀heat, but฀never฀quite฀flesh. We฀don’t฀want฀our฀necks torn฀up,฀though฀we฀tell฀ourselves we’re฀exceptional—that฀if฀they฀descend, they’ll฀see฀us฀as฀kin, since฀our฀lungs฀are฀grey฀with฀smoke from฀oil฀and฀coal. Somewhere฀God฀ends— and฀there฀dragons฀spread their฀wings฀like฀a฀living 21 Bible฀in฀the฀dark฀sky over฀the฀light฀sky over฀our฀heads. 22 ...

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