Friday, April 17, 2009

Edward Hopper Sunlight in a Cafeteria

Edward Hopper Sunlight in a CafeteriaEdward Hopper Summer InteriorEdward Hopper Sailing
Come on," he said.
And no one, as they hauled on timbers in the teeth of the gale, as Urn applied everything he knew about levers, as they used their helmets as shovels to dig under the wreckage, asked who it was they were digging for, or what kind of uniform they'd been wearing.
Fog rolled in on the wind, hot and flashing with electricity, and still the sea pounded down.
Simony hauled on a spar, and then found the weight lessen as someone grasped the other end. He looked up into Brutha's eyes.
"Don't say for a while and then evaporated.
The sea calmed. The fog went ragged and curled into nothingness. There was still a haze in the air, but the sun was at least visible again, if only as a brighter area in the dome of the sky.
Once again, there was the sensation of the universe drawing breath.
The gods appeared, transparent and shimmering in and out of focusanything," said Brutha."Gods are doing this to us?""Don't say anything!""I've got to know!""It's better than us doing this to us, isn't it?""There's still people who never got off the ships!""No one ever said it was going to be nice!"Simony pulled aside some planking. There was a man there, armor and leathers so stained as to be unrecognizable, but alive."Listen," said Simony, as the wind whipped at him, "I'm not giving in! You've haven't won! I'm not doing this for any sort of god, whether they exist or not! I'm doing it for other people! And stop smiling like that!"A couple of dice dropped on to the sand. They sparkled and crackled

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