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To My Ghost _ Float – Sebastian Merrill_Page_2

Buoyed by the salt water, I float weightless and free until I no longer feel the cold. I emerge goose pimpled, lie on the sand to soak in the sun. As I drift toward sleep, a woman paddles onto the beach. I recognize her face, even though we haven’t seen her for ten years at least. You used to play kick-the-can with her and the other island girls. She doesn’t know me at first, and nervous, shy, I don’t offer a greeting. Until, with a flicker, she sees you within me. Is it you? she asks. I stand up fast, nod, cross my arms over my scarred, flat chest. It’s confusing, introducing myself to someone you knew. But she’s friendly enough, so we stand in the surf and watch the gulls wheel over the churning waves.

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