Deadman's Dance

Reimagining the aurora as a festival of the departed

Cagalli Lim is a Filipina writer with publications in SeaGlassLiterary's 5th and 7th Issues.

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Tonight, the dead do not walk
Unseen amongst the living.

They dance in droves, dainty
Step after dainty step. Their

Feet are dipped in viridian, and
They paint the sky with every

Beat. Hand in hand, heart in
Hand, an arabesque. A pirouette.

Tonight, the dead put on a show.

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