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| ms greer ms greer applies 1000 cotton threads to each eyelid with the glue she keeps in a sandstone box she ties the other ends of the threads to the chandelier and stands throughout the hours her clothes become wet with tears small fish (she imagines) may one day appear in the pool which forms at her feet when finally she blinks the threads are released from her eyelids she leaves them hanging from the chandelier until she has replaced the tube of glue in the soapstone box when this has been done she lights the threads with a single match and watches the young and eager flames race towards the artificial crystal |  |