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Is This All There Is?
Monday, October 3, 2011
Is this all there is to life? A growing awareness of self, an untaught urge to scratch through the shell, somehow knowing to dig up to reach the surface, the warmth of the glorious sun, a quick shadow - then oblivion. Surely the young snapping turtle must have hoped for more - if snappers hope for anything at all...