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Concerning the Sun Myth

Shane Jones

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The universe is a breathing being. The earth is tiny, but contains crystals the sun is drawn to. The universe allows the sun to become pulled by what is buried in the earth’s crust. The sun wants a specific colored crystal.

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From the universe’s perspective, the earth is a speck. It lets the sun have whatever it needs. And what the sun needs are black crystals buried deep inside the core of the earth.

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As the sun moves closer to the earth, it slowly increases the heat wave, quarter degree by quarter degree. No one notices because they are so wrapped up in their own worlds that exist inside their heads. The sun can almost taste crystal.

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A farm myth says the sun will rage a war on the earth. This is not a myth. What the sun doesn’t know, is that the black crystals buried in the earth have a need as well, and are pulling on the sun’s flames.

Shane Jones lives in upstate New York. His first novel, Light Boxes, was originally published by Publishing Genius Press and reprinted by Penguin in 2010. Light Boxes has been translated in seven languages and was named an NPR best book of the year. In 2012 Penguin will release a new novel, Daniel Fights A Hurricane. Shane is also the author of the novella The Failure Six and the poetry collection A Cake Appeared.