Really Very Human

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Petroglyphs

Some words scribbled on a wall late at night

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Dan Sheehan
May 13, 2025
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I'm thinking about the petroglyphs, the ones in the Arizona desert that are scrawled on stains in rust colored stone. They might be 2500 years old, though I guess it's hard to say. They overwhelmed me, even from a distance. All I could imagine was gently tracing a finger over the stone and feeling some warmth on the other side happily matching my own.

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