say_so
raze
"
it's
been
a
while
"
is
what
you
mean
to
write
.
but
a
few
synthetic
fingers
see
fit
to
change
"
while
"
to
"
whale
"
without
your
say
-so.
and
you
think
,
well
,
yes
.
it's
been
that
too
.
it's
been
a
fully
aquatic
placental marine mammal. descendant
of
the
even
-toed ungulate.
it's
been
a
flat
-headed
torpedo
spouting
steam
and
stale
air
.
a
soul
-singing, skim-feeding,
slow
-sleeping cetacean
with
stones
in
its
stomach
and
spindle
neurons
nesting
in
the
belly
of
its
brain
.
it's
been
a
real
whale
these
last
six
years
or
so
.
and
in
this
skintight tank
that
seems
to
narrow
with
each
moment
you
spend
dreaming
of
escape
,
there
will
be
no
coming
up
for
air
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from