feathers
raze
i
can't
remember
exactly
what
he
said
.
but
the
story
went
something
like
this
.
a
young
man
was
told
by
his
mentor
to
cut
open
the
pillow
that
held
his
head
while
he
slept
and
leave
a
feather
at
the
doorstep
of
every
home
in
his
village
.
when
he
was
finished
,
he
made
his
way
back
to
the
man
he
admired
most
. "retrace
your
steps
,"
he
told
him
. "
gather
every
feather
and
bring
them
back
to
me
."
he
tried
.
he
failed
. "
each
feather
is
a
word
you
wield,"
the
man
told
him
. "
once
it
leaves
your
lips
,
you
can
never
have
it
back
again
.
it
moves
wherever
the
wind
takes
it
."
they
stood
and
watched
a
thousand
sentences
swirl
around
them
, craning
their
necks
to
hear
the
last
of
what
they
had
to
say
until
they
were
all
part
of
the
same
sad
sigh
.
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