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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. ###£¤%**~,
,~~*%¤£### ###£¤%*~~,
,~~*****¤¤ 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 #££¤%**~~,
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,~~**%¤£## it will crawl into the teal sphere, ##£¤%**~~,
,~~**%¤£## disappear completely and eat it all up, ##£¤%**~~,
,~~**%£### ruining the integrity of the egg. ###£%**~~,
,~~**%¤£## destroying the inhabitant. ##£¤%**~~,
,~~**%¤¤¤# #¤¤¤%**~~,
,~~**%¤£## 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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