Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Monsted A Boat Moored On A Quiet Lak

Monsted A Boat Moored On A Quiet LakMonsted On The Snowy PathMonsted The Path On The River's EdgeMonsted A Forest Stream
No birds made their conservatory. Neither a flock of parrots nor a single sparrow.Plummeting in front of Ethan but then swooping high again, the colorful birds passed without one screech or squawk, and became white doves on the rise.This was the phantom in the steam-clouded mirror. This was the impossible set of bells in his hand outside the flower the air, toward him, past him, with a [576] thrum that both exhilarated and frightened him, that plucked notes of wonder from his heart but also struck hard the jungle-drum terror of the primitive within.They flew. He ran. They led. He followed. “Wait,” Hazard told the paramedics as they came quickly to the bed in spite of the vile stink, as they stood wide-eyed and gaping in spite of all the horrors that they had seen day after day in the conduct of their vital work.“Boy,” Dalton croaked.“What boy?” Hazard asked, having taken the withered man’s hand once more, holding it in both of his.“Ten, “said Dalton.“Ten boys?”“Ten ... years.”shop. This was the heavy fragrance of Broadway roses in his study when no roses had been there, the precious voice of his lost wife speaking of ladybugs in the white room. This was the hand of some supernatural force held out to him and eager to lead.After spiraling high in a frenzied flapping, down again came the swarming doves, feathering

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