This begins a series posts from a work in progress: The Forty-Nine, an upcoming novel in letters. Excerpts of each letter will be posted in sequence.
Above a city, a man hangs from a ledge.
An angel without wings descends to catch him.
The man falls into the outstretched arms of the angel and a miracle is witnessed: the man is unharmed; his body whole.
The two men embrace.
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without tear
without feather
without mercy
without compassion
without terror
without man
with wings
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with push
with death
with murder
with angel
with rescue
with god
with heart
with open
with vengeance
with mercy
with compassion
with terror
with man
