in the shadow of California Peaks children skip stones across the surface
children skip stones across the surface
children skip stones across the surface of a local watering hole as the day
of a local watering hole as the day
of a local watering hole as the day warms they wade into the shallows where
warms they wade into the shallows where
warms they wade into the shallows where a McCobb drama unfolds the kids aren’t
a McCobb drama unfolds the kids aren’t
a McCobb drama unfolds the kids aren’t at risk but other creatures are being
at risk but other creatures are being
at risk but other creatures are being bizarrely transformed the perpetrator is
bizarrely transformed the perpetrator is
bizarrely transformed the perpetrator is a microscopic flat worm right pariah on
a microscopic flat worm right pariah on
a microscopic flat worm right pariah on da tree dancing its way through three
da tree dancing its way through three
da tree dancing its way through three separate hosts like the beats of a dark
separate hosts like the beats of a dark
separate hosts like the beats of a dark waltz first the flat worm invades a
waltz first the flat worm invades a
waltz first the flat worm invades a snail’s reproductive organs turning it
snail’s reproductive organs turning it
snail’s reproductive organs turning it into a parasite machine each night the
into a parasite machine each night the
into a parasite machine each night the snail releases thousands of flat worm
snail releases thousands of flat worm
snail releases thousands of flat worm larvae that seek out the next host a
larvae that seek out the next host a
larvae that seek out the next host a tadpole
tadpole
tadpole the larvae dig themselves into the
the larvae dig themselves into the
the larvae dig themselves into the tadpoles budding limbs as the tadpole
tadpoles budding limbs as the tadpole
tadpoles budding limbs as the tadpole grows into a frog these cysts cause
grows into a frog these cysts cause
grows into a frog these cysts cause grotesque deformities
grotesque deformities
the crippled frogs are pitifully
the crippled frogs are pitifully incapable of avoiding danger even when
incapable of avoiding danger even when
incapable of avoiding danger even when they see it coming and they fall prey to
they see it coming and they fall prey to
they see it coming and they fall prey to the swift beaks of water birds like this
the swift beaks of water birds like this
the swift beaks of water birds like this heron the heron with a frog full of
heron the heron with a frog full of
heron the heron with a frog full of parasites in its belly flies off to
parasites in its belly flies off to
parasites in its belly flies off to another pond spreading the parasite in
another pond spreading the parasite in
another pond spreading the parasite in its feces to begin the cycle anew
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