Chapter 12: Initiation<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Next place,<\/p>\n
Uphill<\/p>\n
Running and running<\/p>\n
Gray-green skies<\/p>\n
Tan dead grass<\/p>\n
Scraggly trees.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Never night<\/p>\n
Never morning\u2019s light<\/p>\n
Always hazy early evening.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A well, a tree.<\/p>\n
Walk on.<\/p>\n
A well, a tree.<\/p>\n
Walk on.<\/p>\n
A well, a tree.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I laugh and laugh.<\/p>\n
Behind me, something snaps.<\/p>\n
My prince stumbles<\/p>\n
Stumbles<\/p>\n
Half-rotting chest,<\/p>\n
Maggot-filled eyes.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A mirage or truth?<\/p>\n
The thing lunges.<\/p>\n
Run, run, run.<\/p>\n
No progress.<\/p>\n
No sense of fright.<\/p>\n
This thing may consume me.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Like a dream, no sound<\/p>\n
No movement<\/p>\n
Except the progress of the beast.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I swing<\/p>\n
A fallen branch.<\/p>\n
The beast vanishes.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
By the well,<\/p>\n
An old woman laughs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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