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There are more to them than
name and symmetries
colors and textures
dwelling in the vastness of
a fluidity that marks
their nooks and crevices
edges and eyes grasping
the folds of an ocean.

They are particularly significant
in the arrival and departure
of their occupants:

It’s a lonely void, otherwise.

© 1979 SSJ

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