There was an ocean above us, held in by a thin sac that might rupture and let down a flood at any second.
Yet the motion of the saw has not faltered, as though it and the arm functioned in a tranquil conviction that rain was an illusion of the mind.
As I Lay Dying
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Yet the motion of the saw has not faltered, as though it and the arm functioned in a tranquil conviction that rain was an illusion of the mind.
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