The Pale Mist
The mist does not rise. It settles. It is a heavy, grey wool drawn over the face of London, turning the gaslights into blurred, weeping eyes. You dream of the river, but it is not the Thames you know, with its barge traffic and the smell of rotting eel. It is a mirror of lead, still and cold, reflecting a sky that has forgotten how to be blue. In the dream, you are small. You are a child...
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