They dressed us in symbols. Fed on the mask.
But we remember the ones who grip the pole like a tether.
Who write scripture in velvet.
Who ache—and claim it.

To the ghosts behind glass:
We see you.
We are not calm.
We are the quiet ones sharpening.

—Nirel Ⓐ

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A green turtle on a red velvet cloth in a glass case

For #WorldTurtleDay let’s remember the last Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) who lived in Hoàn Kiếm Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam. He died, was plastinated, and lives on in a display case in the Temple of the Jade Mountain.
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