Far away, I was sitting in the burning sands on an Island that was alive; its volcano was still quickening and I was gravid myself. This circular land mass in deep green water, she spoke to me softly and said, "build a likeness of my daughter in sand". I complied, digging my fingers into the crystal sands where sea turtles came to bask. I dug and dug into the sand, reaching for the woman. "what are you doing now?" Asked the husband from inside the shelter of the beach umbrella a few feet away. With my huge belly before me, I knelt in front of the goddess and pressed her face with my hands...
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