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Standing up and Wading in

Another ritual begins

And another ends

None of us are friends

Man rises from

The water

With all his fins out

Breathe, need air

Grow teeth and hair

Nighttime rise

Starry eyes again

Open it

Let the tide in

The animals swim

Again

And again

The tide comes in

Again and again

Again and again

Sing out and along

Their amphibian songs

Even their brothers

Step on each other

Over and again