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Words bounce. Words, if you let them, will do what they want to do and what they have to do.

They were two superior eels / at the bottom of the tank / and they recognized each other like italics.

He loved lightning He lived on an island His mother was a Nymph of a river that ran to the sea His father was a gold Cutting tool Old scholia say that Stesichoros says that Geryon had six hands and six feet and wings He was red and His strange red cattle excited envy Herakles came and Killed him for his cattle The dog too

The red world And corresponding red breezes Went on Geryon did not

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I'm Justin Duke — a software engineer, writer, and founder. I currently work as the CEO of Buttondown, the best way to start and grow your newsletter, and as a partner at Third South Capital.

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