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@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ project:
9 9
10Waiting for a reading to start \ 10Waiting for a reading to start \
11when there's nobody coming anyway \ 11when there's nobody coming anyway \
12is like waiting for the tide \ 12is like waiting [for the tide][] \
13to make some meaning of the beach. 13to make some meaning of the beach.
14 14
15The sea doesn't know or care \ 15The sea doesn't know or care \
16what the beach even is, let alone \ 16what the beach even is, let alone \
17its cares or its troubles, its \ 17its cares or its troubles, its \
18little nagging under-the-skin annoyances \ 18little nagging under-the-skin annoyances \
19that make the beach the beach. 19[that make the beach the beach][].
20 20
21Sandworms, for example, or those crabs \ 21Sandworms, for example, or those crabs \
22with big pincers on one side \ 22with big pincers on one side \
@@ -24,12 +24,18 @@ but not the other. Those really get \
24the beach's gander up, but the sea \ 24the beach's gander up, but the sea \
25doesn't care. The sea 25doesn't care. The sea
26 26
27only wants to caress the beach \ 27only wants to [caress][] the beach \
28with its soft arms, to tell the beach \ 28with its [soft arms][], to tell the beach \
29how much it's loved by the sea, \ 29how much it's loved by the sea, \
30that complex of water, salt, and \ 30that complex of water, salt, and \
31the moon's gravity, the mercury \ 31the moon's gravity, the mercury \
32rising up and down slowly, like a yawn. 32rising up and down slowly, like a [yawn][].
33 33
34The sea only cares about itself. \ 34The sea only cares about itself. \
35The beach lays there and takes it. 35The beach lays there and takes it.
36
37[for the tide]: cold-wind.html
38[that make the beach the beach]: real-writer.html
39[caress]: plant.html
40[soft arms]: something-simple.html
41[yawn]: serengeti.html