Quarry below

I saw the drought in time lapse like a blooming flower in reverse the expansive lakes contracting and the rivers slowing to a crawl in their vast meanders I saw mass movements glacial scale sped up to meet me I saw new species emerge and go extinct in the time it took for our plane to go down I always wondered about your intentions the way your left pinky twitched in the rain how your beard would grow and shrink and grow with months under high clouds how your boots would crack toes shaking off caked mud and elements like snow on your eyelashes like fairytale clouds I'm almost there, can't you see weren't you waiting I've been waiting an epoch while you flew fifteen miles I've been climbing Jacob's ladder while you've been ascending to the top bunk we've come a long long way I've come a long way alone

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