Today’s word – ‘Fan’
She woke in terror, drenched and
fully expecting to find herself outside on the darkened lawn, staring up at
heavy clouds dousing her with a pattering of drizzle.
In fact she was in her own bed.
She had become a searing fire, crackling and spitting, her skin liquefied in
the smelting furnace as serial volcanic eruptions forced millions of tiny
needles through her pores.
Trapped by the extreme weight of
lightest goose down, she imagined she heard a faint squelching as if her own
body’s moisture was being slowly siphoned off and pumped to pool in the folds
of her nightgown. Throwing back the covers she made a grab for the fan on her
bedside cabinet. As soon as the paper pleats clattered open she set to work with
rapid wrist motion, creating a restoring draught that left her skin once more
petal fresh and allowed her to sink back into sleep, no more in danger of
melting before dawn.
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