weight, decay
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asakiyumeAcross the sky, wispy white vertebrae from some decomposing heavenly beast.
photo by Flickr user Jen Scheer; cirrus vertebratus is an actual cloud type, apparently
"Sky creatures never stink when they decay," granddad says, "because they're half made of light. Down here we're made of heavy stuff and we stink when we decay. But the sky creatures have no sweet fragrances or intoxicating aromas, either. All the tantalizing scents we love come from the fact that earthly flesh is rich and heavy.
photo by Flickr user Jen Scheer; cirrus vertebratus is an actual cloud type, apparently
"Sky creatures never stink when they decay," granddad says, "because they're half made of light. Down here we're made of heavy stuff and we stink when we decay. But the sky creatures have no sweet fragrances or intoxicating aromas, either. All the tantalizing scents we love come from the fact that earthly flesh is rich and heavy.
Doorways to other worlds
Date: 2022-05-11 07:45 pm (UTC)https://thewoodbetween.tumblr.com/post/102775906716/kati-immonen
Re: Doorways to other worlds
Date: 2022-05-11 09:41 pm (UTC)Re: Doorways to other worlds
Date: 2022-05-12 04:43 am (UTC)I want the chain of secret, watery access to hidden worlds to be long between us, not to peter into dim memory of, "what was that thing I used to say with my friend about reflections and worlds?" ;)
Re: Doorways to other worlds
Date: 2022-05-12 11:58 am (UTC)Re: Doorways to other worlds
Date: 2022-05-12 11:55 am (UTC)