first the leap into the pool beside the wooden causeway surface like a polished shield, shattered, shock of winter though the month was August and the air was hot darkness like a raven’s breast then light welled faintly from below from deeper down flickering like a rushlight by the door the flames grew brighter nearer, flames from unfamiliar hearths flaring like a brand flung high and shedding sparks and suddenly I fell among them, sprawling staring like a frightened child, life essence whirling out among the swirling scintillations glowing like a spray of bloodstones spreading out into the water from my soft throat where the sacrificial blade had sliced fading like a fallen doe’s eyes fading like a cooling ember fading like a plucked flower
"Flag Fen"
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