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Drift
We once thought we could fathom the vastness of the seafrom the lap of an island shore. Watching shipstip over the horizon, we laughed, knowing nothingcould survive the fall past the edge. We did not see how, deep beyond the continental margins, submarinecanyons channeled secret rivers onto underwater plains, or howthe abyssal fish slowly went blind, their…
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I was looking at the sea
Sometimes you’re approaching the sea from atop a slope and you see ships hauling containers and you think about how much of this universe is invisible to you, known through the implication of its existence. Container ships, broken parcels in the mail, tell you people exist whom you’ve never met. They tell you even what…
