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Paul Stewart
Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.
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The Salt in her Voice
The myth says mermaids sing to lure sailors to their death. But why? The ocean is huge. Only 5 percent has been discovered by man. Why would a creature of the sea with that much space to roam ever care about the fate of men on ships? The answer, as it turns out, is not a simple one at all. The truth about the myth is older than the tides. Long ago before the first ship ever cut across the surface, the sea made a pact with the sky. The sky would take the souls of the drowned. Anyone who died in storms or any quiet accidents of the deep would have their soul lifted upward to the Heavens while the bodies would remain below, feeding the oceans endless hunger. The greedy sea however wanted more souls than the sky would claim. So it created mermaids. It gave them beautiful voices woven from currents and moonlight. It commanded them to sing. "Bring forth the ones who float where they should sink." it instructed them. So they did. They never killed out of malice but out of obligation. They sung to summon, not to seduce. A mermaid's voice could loosen the tether between the body and soul, making any man step willingly into the water. The sea would take the body and the sky would take the soul. Balance maintained.
By Sara Wilson6 days ago in Fiction
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congratulations on your Leaderboard placement! 🎉💖🎊
I can't decide how to receive this Paul... is it someone enjoying a good drink/ coffee? Is it a "comment" on political issues? Or perhaps the spammers that swarmed vocal and the lack of action there? Oh how the wheels are turning for me.... Nicely done and congrats on third most popular story this week!
Wooohooooo congratulations on your Leaderboard placement! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Gotta be the greatest return for the fewest number of words I've ever seen 😎
Sorry. can't hear or se you, I am not human.......................or understand you
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This isn’t really Morse code is it ? As Stephen stated.. I thought it was a comment on advertising.
I laughed out loud, Paul! Very clever! In 1952, the pianist and composer John Cage performed an original composition that he named 4:33. When he walked to the piano in the concert hall the audience clapped in anticipation. But when he left the stage 4 minutes and 33 seconds later without playing a note, the applause was notably less enthusiastic.
Ha! Nice! Well played!
LOL, perfect lack of words to match the perfect lack of communication and transparency! Loved this
Niiiice!
Ha I love this. Nice work ! What was your trigger for writing this ? 🏆
https://youtu.be/KBCR6AB31bs?si=p7hhUMshU7M-PpWN
You're really firing on all cylinders this week! Clever as clever can be!
Hahaha awesome thinking!
Didn't know you knew Morse Code 😮
Nothing like taking a coffee break and enjoying the quiet. Good one.
HA! Nicely done, my liege!
Brilliant - or should I say, ---------!!
Dude! nailed it.
Dashed that one off pretty quickly, I'd say. Not to mention accurately, lol.
D--m clever!
Great Haiku , so peaceful
if only...
So… the truth you say! Lol!