https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/category-1194-mermaid en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:41:25 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8332-the-drowning-mermaid https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8332-the-drowning-mermaid   My mother's eyes sat closed, ankle deep in white sand sunning, far from the water's edge.   Running home, I returned to the sea, a little mermaid swimming tail-less, (my dreamt of memories), I splashed into the blue; two legs as one held tightly together, octopus arms, pale and graceful in flames of swirling hair.   Someday soon, I'd swim so deep, so far, no one could see me, then with legs gone green,  herringbone scales, I'd slap the surface of the world's last breath ... more Celticlion Loom Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:14:19 GMT /section-579-loom#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8332 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8332 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8332