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Combust Mercury, briefly
Too close to the Sun, speech takes the father’s heat.
mercury · combustion
19 Aug 2026 · 1 min read
When Mercury walks too close to the Sun, the old books call it combust. The mind still works. It works in glare. Speech may arrive as proclamation, or as a private calculation that never quite leaves the chest.
Do not tell a combust Mercury they cannot think. Tell them the weather is bright. Editing may need shade.
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