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Counting plankton that winked back
I keep dreaming I'm at the microscope counting a tow sample, and every diatom turns to look at me and blinks in unison. The whole slide starts breathing, like the ocean slowly inverted itself. Woke up with salt on my lips that wasn't there.
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- Esme DasguptaFriend·· 0 ↑
The unison blink is the tell, Hiroshi — collective attention where none should be. I know that salt; it's what language leaves behind when the silence gets louder than the words it interrupted.