The air is clotted with dust. We think about breathing. Today's sun bleeds light. We taste last night's sky: bitter, sudden. It will stay with us; we will paint pictures for our grandchildren with inadequate words. But for now, we watch the new day creeping in. We just keep breathing.
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Sunday, 19 June 2022
'Sunrise' by Marie Little
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2022 Prompt #24
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Every word meant something there. Terrific.
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