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Dreamers in a Dead Language (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)

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The Story

From a conversation between Faith Darwin and one of her three boyfriends, Philip, the reader learns of a poem written by Faith's father (“one of the resident poets of the Children of Judea, Home for the Golden Ages”), lamenting the loss of his wife but expressing the desire “to go sailing in spring among realities.” It also alludes to “a young girl who waits in a special time and place/ to love me.” This reference becomes a topic of debate between Faith and Philip.

Philip likes “old people” (for example, his former wife's dad) and hopes to talk...

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