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transience

 scattered by the wind                                                                we are all pieces of earth                                                                                                                                              blossoming in the fall

The God of Wind

  The god of wind was bored     All day long, he blew the     clouds over the city, over the     oceans, over the mountains,      and nothing came to be. All remained the same.     He used to get sacrifices     from the people, but long     ago they stropped believing in     him. The sacrifices stopped,     the chants grew silent. But the god still blew     He was given many names over the years,  but Boreas was  what he liked.      In his boredom, the god decided to go down to Earth        among the people. "For this," he deemed, "will be the cure for my disease." So he took a human form, and went down to Earth. Everywhere he went, everyone he met, this is what he said:  "I'm the god of wind." All he got was laughs! He showed them his power they deemed it to be fake How would he get them to see? He thought of wrath-- To burn dow...