The Water is Black

Pimwell
Pimwell
Sep 9, 2018 · 3 min read
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The water is black.

Every so often, when I have become absolutely certain that it is not a liquid at all, not a solid either but certainly not a liquid, a bubble rises through the viscous darkness and startles the surface. It brings with it the terrible, paralyzing realization…

The water is black.

And while for a moment my attention is on the opening and closing of the surface…

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Thanks to Stephen M. Tomic

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