Wilderness

So there was this lady, she was on a lilo. 

Among others.

Bobbing in the water. 

On the edge of one of the largest oceans on earth.

Sublime.

And she was poised on her lilo, such that every muscle was unconsciously taut.

Pressed against the enveloping plastic of the inflatable.

And there she was, floating, squinting at her tedious magazine.

Under a large sun, surrounded by loose particles.

She was trying to read some article, about some problem, in some other country she could not pronounce.

And she was feeling very bland and despondent.

When suddenly, this huge mechanical instrument sucked her into its being.

And they started flying thirty, forty thousand metres into the sky.

And the air became looser and the sun larger.

And she looks down at her incongruous bathing suit.

And she spins around, and she says “Where are we going? I haven't an article of clothing.”

And within this metal being, speeding through air, she was untied, unstuck and a little crazy for a while.

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