[Public-List] a very short story

[George Dinwiddie]

"The sea is so beautiful," the sailor said.
"It truly is," the mermaid said.
"Yet so wild, unpredictable and cruel."
"What? No, the sea is calm, regular, and comforting."
"No, there are storms and hurricanes and-"
"Those are not the sea. Those are the sky clawing at the sea."

from https://twitter.com/MicroSFF/status/1343909777219481600

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   When I remember bygone days                         George Dinwiddie
   I think how evening follows morn;            gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
   So many I loved were not yet dead,           http://www.Alberg30.org
   So many I love were not yet born.                          also see:
                'The Middle' by Ogden Nash     http://idiacomputing.com
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