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From
the Back Cover --
Vocalize She had been walking a great
distance in the heat at the end of the season when she came upon a quiet
pond in a little depression. She’d followed this path many times but
never before had she noticed the pond. Trees sheltered the shore on one
side, and their leaves turned this way and that only infrequently in the
hot, still, dry air. A dragonfly paused at the reeds, and the water’s
surface obediently duplicated the image of the blue sky which hung above
it. Irresistible. She removed her shoes, stepped into the pool and
walked toward the very center of the water, laughing at the way she was
able to barge aside the entire sky as she went. The sand beneath her
gave way unnervingly wherever she placed her feet, but the rush and
resistance of the water reassured. A much cooler current refreshed the
water from below. Near the center of the pond, where the depth came
precisely to her throat, she stopped and waited for the play of water to
subside. At last, only her respiration perturbed the surface, softly
rolling a wave toward the shore with each breath. Listening closely she
could hear the reflection of the concentric circles as they returned to
her from the mossy shore, each with a slightly different story to tell.
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