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Primordium

Mountains touch the sky

The winds intensify

Rock is turned to sand

The sea torments the land

Lightning hits the earth

A momentary column of fire

A thunderous roar

As the molecules begin to ignite

Breaking up the atoms by electrical shock

Molecular prosperity

Fragments recombine in a molecular lock

Solar radiation helps to break them again

Molecular fertility

Increasing their complexity so life can begin

Rise from the sea

Four billion years of evolution

Changing life on Earth

Building better organisms

Elimination of the weak

Proliferation of the strong

Insemination of the planet