Merry whales in the log of the ship Susan kept by Reuben Russell — Source
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Then at sunset in some secret place we shall dance together, (…) and after that we have danced thou shalt tell me the thing which I desire to know.
Oscar Wilde, from A House of Pomegranates; The Fisherman and His Soul.
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The cruelest thing about love is that it persists even after she’s gone.
A heart shouldn’t keep beating after death.
Blake Auden
Ocean
How does it feel
To be lost?
What do you feel when you’re there?
I miss the fact that I used to love you
I still do
But I miss the feeling
Where has it all gone?
Your way has left me hanging
The Origami Girl
I’d say, call me Nadine,
An origami girl, blowing in the winds of a mother’s wrath,
A crumpled up bill, forgotten by a father
Who never cared for fading colours,
But my name is Jones.
They call me Jones,
Like the electric blue soda pops
Sealed with fortunes
And promises of false prosperity.
They call me Jones
So a paper crane may flee from he who
Frightens soul mates with bloody liquor
Instead of baseball bats and rubber boots,
Hogging all the damn vigor.
I like the Jones persona
But in her cave, Nadine snores,
Emanating vitality, berating omens;
And still, I smell dad’s tobacco spit
When frigid rains ruin sunny skies,
Coercing carmine red writings
To drip down white walls,
Seeking her presence,
Bringing her back.
C.J. Parker
Squid Skin (Chromatophore)
Chromatophores are cells that produce color, of which many types are pigment-containing cells, or groups of cells, found in a wide range of animals including amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans and cephalopods. Mammals and birds, in contrast, have a class of cells called melanocytes for coloration.
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