{"id":274,"date":"2006-04-13T06:15:39","date_gmt":"2006-04-13T11:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/anacrusis\/2006\/04\/13\/cosette-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-19T13:31:09","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T21:31:09","slug":"cosette-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/anacrusis\/2006\/04\/13\/cosette-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosette"},"content":{"rendered":"

The birds are gone, and instead of screaming there’s a chuckle in the air.<\/p>\n

There’s no more floor, no shadow. Cosette stops walking when Millicent begins to stumble and looks back into the gulf of dawn: it’s utter whiteness, but it’s a whiteness of void, not light. It doesn’t hurt her eyes.<\/p>\n

This is what she sings to the sunless morning.<\/p>\n

“Ambergris and berry dreams
\nIndia and rhyme
\nCarry claret honeybees
\nParadromic sighs–<\/p>\n

Close your eyes and swallow sleep
\nNight is on its way
\nYour ears are sharp, your tongue is keen;
\nYour dreams a bitter stain.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The air keeps chuckling.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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