mermaids
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โI have seen them riding seaward on the wavesCombing the white hair of the waves blown backWhen the wind blows the water white and black. We have lingered in the chambers of the seaBy sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brownTill human voices wake us, and we drown.โ -T.S. Eliot Intro to Atlatia The world…
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โBut a mermaid has no tears and therefore she suffers so much more.โ -Hans Christien Andersen For as long as I can remember, I have been utterly fascinated by the esoteric nature of mermaids. Be it too many viewings of my old VHS of Disney’s The Little Mermaid as a young girl, my childhood obsession…