“As I lay there, I imagined myself as a mermaid. I saw my tail meandering behind me, felt its
“As I lay there, I imagined myself as a mermaid. I saw my tail meandering behind me, felt its firm fleshy weight in the waves. I imagined the ocean chewing and slurping at my scales, the salt collecting in my grainy hair, the crush and crackling of shells beneath my hands. And I breathed, as slowly and steadily as I could. I shut out all thoughts of the audience, the judges, my rival contestants. I was no longer Lucia, daughter, sister, errand girl. I was a mermaid who had bloomed from the wind-bridled sea.”Annabel Abbs, The Joyce Girl -- source link
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