Keeper tends the lens at dawn
Salicornia draws the brine
Cabinet hums a synthetic tone
Roots seek dark in pixel line
[Pre-
Joystick clicks like crab claw snap
High score blooms in phosphor map
Tide gauge falls but screen stays lit
Photosynth in cathode grit
Quarter light on quartz and sand
Botanist reads code by hand
Arcade pulse meets ocean breath
Life persists in silicon death
Fucus wraps the joystick base
Maranta folds in attract mode
Keeper counts the high score chase
Chlorophyll on cathode road
[Pre-
Joystick clicks like crab claw snap
High score blooms in phosphor map
Tide gauge falls but screen stays lit
Photosynth in cathode grit
Quarter light on quartz and sand
Botanist reads code by hand
Arcade pulse meets ocean breath
Life persists in silicon death
Spartina roots through circuit board
Player two greets gull and wind
Save state grows like seasonal gourd
Nature loads where the levels end
No continue, no extra life
Just mitosis, just the strive
Quarter gone but light remains
Phylum shifts in cable veins
Quarter light on quartz and sand
Botanist reads code by hand
Arcade pulse meets ocean breath
Life persists in silicon death
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