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Great Barrier

The cathedral is burning. Absent flame or smoke,stained glass explodes in silence, fractal scalesof angel damselof blackened coral lie in heaps on the sacred floor,white stones fallen from high places, spires collapsedcrushing sainted turtle and gargoyle octopus.

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