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***Where the Mermaids Sing 200

“So I was walking down the Pacific Coast Trail when I heard a soft song that began to vibrate in my ears.

 

As I approached this spot, the music became so intense I could not move but I listened harder as the steady beat was joined by an ephemeral melody that vibrated deeper and deeper.

 

When I woke up, I was in a fishing boat with two wide-eyed sailors looking down upon my water slogged face. I tried to speak but my gills were plugged ...

 

When I opened my eyes I was on a beach, water logged and alone. I could see two figures pushing the boat out to sea and furtively looking back. I smiled and sang a new song that day.“

 

This morning when I woke up, I heard a remnant of that song drifting through the rain ... it rains a lot here ... so days later, I headed back to that trail and stood at the same spot. No matter how I strained my ears I could not hear the song just the waves crashing against the shore, almost hypnotic like a deep rumbling purr or bass line penetrating deeper, so melodic, so hypnotic..."

 

 

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Taken on September 15, 2006