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79 What the Sea Said to You “What did the sea tell you?” The prosecution lawyer asks you and you break out in tears “Your Honor! The question is irrelevant!” The defense objects, wiping your tears The court overrules the objection and your tears The tears are put away in the record room and you in your cell This city lies below the sea-level These courts below the city’s and the cells of the accused on trial still further down In your cell someone hands you a silk yarn From appearance to appearance you spin a shawl Unraveling it after the court is adjourned “How did you come into possession of this yarn?” the superintendent of prisons asks you 80 “A man brought this yarn tied to his feet To slay a monster To find his way out of the labyrinthine pass” “Whereabouts is that man now?” You are ducked in cold water and asked “The man has lost his way!” That was what the sea had told you ...

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