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  • Alexandra. A science fiction story. Part VI

    • Looking ahead, I have to say that I don’t believe a single thing they’d told me about her.
  • I remember her smile, her gaze, the way she ruffled the tip of her braid in excitement, how upset she was after losing a game of chess, and how, despite the presence of a cybercook on board, she brewed herbal tea for all three of us combining mint, balm, spring grass and fireweed.
  • She sipped her witchcraft potion in small sips, savoring it from a porcelain cup that she had brought on board in her personal belongings, in violation of rules.
  • She also read poetry.
  • She did it strangely, almost without expression.
  • However, in her quiet voice, I felt an ocean of barely restrained emotions.
    • «How many has this chasm already swallowed Both young and old The day will come when I will have to follow!
  • All those who left this world.
  • It all will freeze, everything that sang and struggled That shone, strained and burst Both the green of my eyes, and the soft voice, And my golden hair.
    • Yet life will go on the same. the days consisting Of usual daily chores: As if I never on this Earth existed.
  • As if I never was!
    • Impulsive as a child. incapable of holding a grudge, I’d let it go!
    • Who loved to watch the logs in fire smolder With a final glow.
    • So fond of the sound of cellos and church bells.
  • And riding by the sea...
    • I, so alive and real. won’t be found On Earth: I’ll cease to be!
    • Extreme in every feeling. move, or action In every role and part — I’m longing for your trust and your affection With all my heart.
    • For all the pain from kin and strangers — Whom I’ll forgive with grace For overwhelming tenderness inside me And my too haughty face.
    • For all the rights and wrongs on my account And those unseen — For my eternal sadness, so profound Though I am just nineteen, At any time of day, or week, or season, Please also try To love me for this last and simple reason: For I will die.» I still think about it and my skin crawls.
    • Alexa’s eyes were indeed green and light as moss in a swamp.
  • I still wonder why she chose these poems.

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