# Extinction

By [Brad G](https://paragraph.com/@brad-g) · 2022-04-04

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‘When will we tread kindly here

and gently as ground-water

trickles

between thrombolites

after seeping

through sedge and samphire?’

_\- Anna Marie Weldon_

![The ancient thrombolites poach in the warming lake](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e97454ba05ec82b17af5c4f18d2561d8aa26b90372a391dee6d854b965989bec.jpg)

The ancient thrombolites poach in the warming lake

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*Originally published on [Brad G](https://paragraph.com/@brad-g/extinction)*