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sometimes rocks turn 

into turtles and turtles turn 

into dust. some times carved in 

wood and rock 

marble or glass that glitters 

under the right 

sun light

few ever care to pause for 

such sights still they are there
caught by hawk eyes tiny live specks 
rock or shell discerned by engineers

others bought as trinkets dangled in cars 

made by children and brought in painted 

hands sometimes they come out flat

 yet others drift away in a lazy pond

slipping into a place 

where there is no 

pain. pulled from 

the river and named
torti