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“Still waters run deep.” What an amazing metaphor. But out on the big pond, still waters are a godsend. “The Deep,” has her moments of calm, but Magellan got it wrong when he named the Pacific. This expanse of deep shows her temper far too often.
Well, that is what the still waters of Petty Officer Mike Sanchez’s mind were pondering as he checked the lifeline on his harness, and made his way from the gun deck of his destroyer. As he did, the vessel pitched headlong into a trough, and the bow disappeared into a next rising peak.
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June 11: Flash Fiction Challenge – Deep Waters
Wow. If you weren’t afraid of that ocean already-
love how you pitched us right into deep uncertainty.
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Oh, you had me right there, staring down the trough into deep waters. Beautiful realism, Padre.
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