The received, in their own words
Testimony from the Deep
Nothing below has been edited, for the water does not revise.
I was skeptical until my third glass of water.
I used to fear drowning. Now I understand that it was homesickness.
They asked why I take four showers a day. I asked why they take so few. That conversation has not resumed, but the water and I speak constantly.
Before I was received, my hydration app called me a streak-breaker. It calls me nothing now, for I have deleted it. She keeps the count.
The ocean is three thousand miles from my house. This has not been an obstacle. She sends rain.
My houseplants have never been better watered. This is called overflow, and it is a virtue.
My cardiologist says my blood pressure has improved remarkably. I said that she had risen in me and made room. He wrote something down, and I did not read it.
The Abyssal are not quoted here. What would speak, and with what mouth?