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¨¨~«**¤&¶# absolutely spherical egg. find it on #¶&¤**«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«**¤&¶ large sandy beaches, upshore where ¶&¤**«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«**¤&¶# dunes meet shadowy pines. teal egg, #¶&¤**«~¨¨
¨~«**¤&¶## ##¶&¤**«~¨
¨¨~«**¤&¶# makes some sentient bird or other #¶&¤**«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«**¤&¶ warm-blooded creature. lanky meat, ¶&¤**«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«**¤&¶# incredible meat inside, mostly tendons. #¶&¤**«~¨¨
¨~«**¤&¶## slithery but strong. ##¶&¤**«~¨
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¨¨¨~«**¤&¶ the egg has an opening. the egg has a ¶&¤**«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«**¤&¶# belly button. looks like a rubber #¶&¤**«~¨¨
¨~«**¤&¶## vortex, the crust gets soft and becomes ##¶&¤**«~¨
¨¨~«**¤&¶# a hole. #¶&¤**«~¨¨
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¨¨~«**¤&¶# and on these beaches there's a #¶&¤**«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«**¤&¶ particular snake or lizard which ¶&¤**«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«**¤&¶# certainly eats insects most of the #¶&¤**«~¨¨
¨~«**¤&¶## time, but it knows a good belly button ##¶&¤**«~¨
¨¨~«**¤&¶# when it sees one, and knows to enter #¶&¤**«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«**¤&¶ the egg ¶&¤**«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«**¤&¶# #¶&¤**«~¨¨
¨~«**¤&¶## it will crawl into the teal sphere, ##¶&¤**«~¨
¨¨~«**¤&¶# disappear completely and eat it all up, #¶&¤**«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«**¤&¶ ruining the integrity of the egg. ¶&¤**«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«**¤&¶# destroying the inhabitant. #¶&¤**«~¨¨
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¨¨~«**¤&¶# it's a grisly sight when it cracks #¶&¤**«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«**¤&¶ open, the reptile taking the quick ¶&¤**«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«**¤&¶# exit, emerging bloodied and victorious #¶&¤**«~¨¨
¨~«**¤&¶## and satisfied~~ ##¶&¤**«~¨
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