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Rewrite of She Unnames Them:
There is always an argument that one can never miss what one has never had, but whether or not it’s possible to miss something that one’s had, however briefly or insignificantly, is another story altogether. This is the argument that the fish present, a small token of their discontent.
Why should they give something up, once it had been given to them? they argued.
But these things change all the time, she said.
No matter, they would not do it, they said.
The whales were more amiable, but the dolphins and the seals set up a cacophony of squeaks and barks, and dolphins have always been an intelligent bunch with more brain than most. It isn’t a stretch to understand that they are the ringleaders, that they are the ones who do not wish to give up what is now theirs, and the seals are simply their allies because in times of trouble, one finds allies in unlikely places.
You say it’s for a cause, they click. But it is your cause, just as you are trying to undo his.
This gives her a moment of pause.
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In the end, it is not their choice to make. It may be strange to take back a gift, but it is less strange to take back something bestowed, something never truly theirs.
(It is forcibly removed anyway and they have no real way to express anger beyond ceasing communications entirely. “She” wonders if she is doing the same thing as he is, but does it anyway.)
stupid zhou mi poem thing:
in life i've loved both close and near,
but rare is love that soaks my heart;
in voice and warmth, your visage dear
from which a smile should ne'er depart.
yet there are those who'd harm and break
and leave your sunshine teardrop stroked,
'til clouds do dim and trail in wake
and skies themselves come sorrow cloaked.
like fairies' wings your love has flown
and even when no clap was heard,
through those years, all on your own
you never were for long deterred.
for even kindness when provoked,
may prove beyond the merest hoped.
There is always an argument that one can never miss what one has never had, but whether or not it’s possible to miss something that one’s had, however briefly or insignificantly, is another story altogether. This is the argument that the fish present, a small token of their discontent.
Why should they give something up, once it had been given to them? they argued.
But these things change all the time, she said.
No matter, they would not do it, they said.
The whales were more amiable, but the dolphins and the seals set up a cacophony of squeaks and barks, and dolphins have always been an intelligent bunch with more brain than most. It isn’t a stretch to understand that they are the ringleaders, that they are the ones who do not wish to give up what is now theirs, and the seals are simply their allies because in times of trouble, one finds allies in unlikely places.
You say it’s for a cause, they click. But it is your cause, just as you are trying to undo his.
This gives her a moment of pause.
-
In the end, it is not their choice to make. It may be strange to take back a gift, but it is less strange to take back something bestowed, something never truly theirs.
(It is forcibly removed anyway and they have no real way to express anger beyond ceasing communications entirely. “She” wonders if she is doing the same thing as he is, but does it anyway.)
stupid zhou mi poem thing:
in life i've loved both close and near,
but rare is love that soaks my heart;
in voice and warmth, your visage dear
from which a smile should ne'er depart.
yet there are those who'd harm and break
and leave your sunshine teardrop stroked,
'til clouds do dim and trail in wake
and skies themselves come sorrow cloaked.
like fairies' wings your love has flown
and even when no clap was heard,
through those years, all on your own
you never were for long deterred.
for even kindness when provoked,
may prove beyond the merest hoped.