"And then, just like I knew it would, it came late one night, booming with slowness, from the fjords." -Zach Schomburg, from From the Fjords

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The little beasts have very short life spans. It seems like some are always dying and some are always being born. This gives me confidence. It’s nice to know that the little beasts will continue on, once my body completely collapses on me. This is why I smile when I cough up blood, which is just thousands of microscopic little beasts, newly born into my strange world of a body.