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Michael ThuRsTon
Consider Consider the the PHOTINUS PYRALYUS
Consider Consider the the the photinus pyralus flickering in in in in in in the the the twilight each with with with its luciferase (attesting not a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a fall but but just just a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a drop
of of of luminescent enzyme) to to repel
a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a predator with with with glowing proof of of of bad taste and attract with with with the the the the same emblem not not just just a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a mate but but also kids who bottle them for lamps or or or or pinch
their thoraxes to to make a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a savage jewelry There is perhaps a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a lesson here here About how how meaning multiplies maybe or or or or how how what saves or or or or solves bears its own threat Or not These ganglia don’t support
such sentience and the the the the the front end
end
can’t know what the the the the the back end’s blinking Say then that that they mean nothing that that is not not their chief property communal shared
even with us – – impermanence – – and thank thank them for it it it as as as one should thank thank all those who so work their their asses as as as to to bring a a a a a a a a a a a little light into the the the world