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The Spirit Vampires
by Marge Simon
Sister, bond with me, we should be friends. By happenstance, here we are from other worlds, each seeking sustenance for our kind. This one holds more darkness than light. Don’t draw away, I won’t touch your skin! Like mine, it’s so frail, it flakes in sunlight. All bodes well, for our missions coincide and we speak the same tongue now.
So many shades of souls there are here, some clustering as weeds on their own forgotten graves. These waters are fouled with impure flotsom from their recent wars, some of the bits are still alive. Shall we share this place? The mask you wear is thick with possibilities.
No, Sister. We should not tarry here. These ones are forever at odds, war becomes them. I sampled enough to know they are toxic. Let us leave them alone, return in some distant future to reap the spoils, if any of their kind is left.
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Fiction © Copyright Marge Simon
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