{"id":87,"date":"2010-01-27T04:33:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T04:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keaffaber.blog\/index.php\/2010\/01\/27\/chapter-5\/"},"modified":"2010-01-27T04:33:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T04:33:00","slug":"chapter-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keaffaber.blog\/index.php\/2010\/01\/27\/chapter-5\/","title":{"rendered":"CHAPTER 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">French legend tells of mythical fish in the Seine that carry all the wandering souls who have lost themselves in Paris. They are small, transparent, almost invisible, like baby guppies. If you put them in a glass of water, you could drink them without knowing they were there.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"color: #339999;\">********* <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">You can only see them when the moon is full <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">and the river reflects its <\/span><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">light on a calm surface. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">They appear like fireflies under the water.<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"color: #6633ff;\">********** <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">The wandering souls. The homeless. The lost. <\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">**********<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">Tonight, I look out my window and see the fat orange moon rising over the city. I think I hear them talking to each other, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">words shaped like iridescent bubbles. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">Telling their stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_oZFgHpArNXc\/S3kCM0UeyxI\/AAAAAAAAAF0\/IRpo0rzokeg\/s1600-h\/Top.bmp\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" ct=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_oZFgHpArNXc\/S3kCM0UeyxI\/AAAAAAAAAF0\/IRpo0rzokeg\/s320\/Top.bmp\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French legend tells of mythical fish in the Seine that carry all the wandering souls who have lost themselves in Paris. They are small, transparent, almost invisible, like baby guppies. 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