Zihua Shot - Homage to the Sea
A few quintillion grains of sand; five waves a minute for eons.
Inevitably the masterpiece emerges, an homage to the sea
by all the land creatures.
Reaching down, muzzle and hoof and beak, they bow
to touch the sculptor's quicksilver hand.

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