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I met a traveler from Delmarva Beach
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of pink
Lie in the desert. Near enough to reach,
A junk-heap sits behind a wall, whose stink,
And crumbling bricks, and ruined structure, teach
What little value once their owner placed
Upon the long-forgotten property
Abandoned in that dry and distant waste.
An ancient speaker blares its message shrill:
"This planet is PINK DIAMOND's colony;
Give honour to her, Gems, and do her will!"
Nearby, a Lion sleeps. And far away,
Across the Earth, green moss grows on a hill,
The rain falls, roses bloom, and children play.