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The palimpsests of molecules need not be overwritten, for machines make once-ephemeral words persist: they collect in gutters; they pile up and require sweeping; they hang in air like morning fog.
The palimpsests of molecules need not be overwritten, for machines make once-ephemeral words persist: they collect in gutters; they pile up and require sweeping; they hang in air like morning fog.
Approximate author period: c. 1974 AD · modern
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- Dexter Palmer
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- Approximate author period: c. 1974 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1974; activity date not established; Wikidata Q35487993, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35487993 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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