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Clay creature in my arms,
I made more dance runes
and answered
too many personal questions honestly
since this creature
seemed to think I’d let it go
if it asked me
about my favorite types of underwear
and ugh,
if I thought it wouldn’t ruin my work
I would have released it
or
if I’d had time I’d have shut it up
but I didn’t know how many more of these
wandered the halls
that might
undo my work
so I ran faster
through roaring gales
hoping it couldn’t hear my answers
if I spoke them quietly enough
and I carved runes
that made the walls
shake,
and it took
five
off-tempo dance spells
for Percy to notice me
and I know he noticed me
because I fell
but didn’t
and blinked
but didn’t
yet the landscape changed;
storms
shrouded the sky,
the ground
became dust
the walls
disappeared
yet
I stood in a dry valley
surrounded by mountains
of rain
and the creature in my clutches
crumbled to ash
and a voice said,
“You
know not what you do,
mortal.”
and my truth spell
didn’t compel me to speak
immediately
so I tried to lie,
“Yes I do,
I’ve come to marry you.”
And the voice
said nothing
so I laughed,
rubbed dust off my arms
and asked,
“Where are we?
How do I leave
the Dust Seas
or whatever this land is?”
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