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Submitted to Contest #324
July 22, 1884 Seventeen moons have now glistened over our heads since we watched The Mignonette fade beneath the dark waves, and nearly two weeks since we fed upon the turtle. Our cracked mouths are too drained to muster many words, and the blazing sun and incessant jostling manage to exhaust us and simultaneously hold us from sleep to remain in this purgatory of discomfort. Young Parker has been unconscious for two days, drifting into the abyss with settled contentment in his breath. His taut skin is bronzed and leathery, like a roasted por...
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