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Only when I scavenged the bottom of the ocean

did I find you

an urn, preserved

within rust and clay

ready to be brought up to surface,

cleaned,

presented as unique,

as timeless,

beautiful.

And in return, you found

a scavenger.

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Published: Jan 30, 2010
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