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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/928334-The-Jiuzhaigou-Valley
by Rhyssa Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 18+ · Book · Contest Entry · #2081410
my entries for the Construct Cup
#928334 added February 3, 2018 at 9:25pm
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The Jiuzhaigou Valley
deep in the hills,
where the giant pandas lumber
in robes of shadow and snow,
and water collects
emerald and sapphire,
turquoise and jade,
in the cupped hands
of a goddess
who washes her hair
in the essence of purity,
tourists gather.
they walk the valleys
and take pictures of the still water
mirroring the hills beyond,
the trees crisscrossed
on the bottom, like warriors
felled in some ancient battle.
they walk the valleys
and laugh and eat picnics
and tell stories about the lake monster
and shiver until they
shake off the eeriness of legend,
while beside them,
just beyond sight—
a goddess weeps
as she washes her hair,
and the giant pandas fade
into myth.

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