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The Dark Thing

July 26, 2011
By lapisleaves DIAMOND, Durham, New Hampshire
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"...I wish none of this had happened." "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

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There is a dark thing
in the muck.
It is slimy smooth,
and black, like a
new leather sofa.
It creeps through
the thick ooze,
sloppy and cool.
It does not need to breathe.
Breath, is not necessary
for this creature,
this dark thing.
Yet it does breathe,
its huge sticky lungs
wheezing and billowing
as they exhale
great amounts of
breath, which
ripple,
deep
in the mud.
The dark thing
is resting.
It has slept,
a thick, moving
sleep, for a long time.
But now, the
dark thing has woken.

© Justin W., Milford, CT

The author's comments:
Have you ever had thoughts of what lives deep down in the mud at the bottom of a lake or pond? a bog or marsh, or even an English moor? The dark thing is the answer to those thoughts. And now this mysterious entity has woken, after a very long time.
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WinterFairy PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 31 2011 at 6:00 pm
WinterFairy PLATINUM, Chicago, Illinois
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&quot;Don&#039;t dream it. Be it.&quot;<br /> &quot;Singing is praying twice, and dancing is singing with the body.&quot;<br /> &quot;Paper is more patient than man.&quot;<br /> &quot;Where you live shouldn&#039;t determine whether you live&quot;

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The dark thing has woken

 

So what's it doing? Great air of mystery in that last line!! :)