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UNBOUND
Wander into the library and forget the door you came in through
Pick a book at random and a page at random and in this way practice
divination.
When you fall into the room full of glittering Fae creatures, don’t forget to ask them to explain the games they played in childhood. It's up to you whether or not you chose to drink their wine.
Ask their names before you leave and ask yourself if they lived through the epidemic
You have a knife but you’ve been bound never to use it for violence
As long as you’re careful, it’ll pare sap from the tree just fine
Consider the Ordovician Dragonfly
Iridescence personified and allowed to grow beyond your wildest imaginings
Consider your Cervical Spine (there's iridescence here too)
Mud cakes the old easel and loons fly to the ocean when the lakes freeze Who do you Love?
That old adage about clams is incomplete and the mussels only stay open for so long
List every word that describes what you are.
There is a Total Solar Eclipse at the climax of Land Before Time Ten and the child pities the sun that it can’t have its own shadow.
Stagger back out of the library and into the River. Palm the rounded hammerstone and brace against the yellow current. Eat the crocus and find it inviting.
Stand still. Breathe in. Rejoice in the Lightning