| The masses of greenery towered to a height... 10 |
[Feb. 13th, 2010|02:52 am] |
The masses of greenery towered to a height of
twelve feet at least, the round leaves streaked a
dark vermillion that looked like dried blood
"What is that stuff, Daddy?"
"SeagrapeThe green stuff with the yellow flowers
is called wedeliaThere's
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also rhododendronThe trees are mostly just slash
pine, I think, although-"
She slowed to a crawl and pointed to the left,
craning to look up through the corner of the
windshield to do so"Those are palms of some kind
The road bent still farther inland, and here the
trunks flanking the road looked like knotted
masses of gray ropeTheir roots had buckled the
tarWe'd be able to get over now, I judged, but
cars passing this way a few years hence? No |
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