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An empty water bottle had washed up on the beach
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An empty water bottle had washed up on the beach

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Some trash was broken up into tiny pieces
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Some trash was broken up into tiny pieces

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Paint was slowly being eroded off a washed up board
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Paint was slowly being eroded off a washed up board

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The green bottle arrived very crumpled
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The green bottle arrived very crumpled

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The glass bottle was pretty much intact
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The glass bottle was pretty much intact

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Another water bottle slightly steamed on the inside
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Another water bottle slightly steamed on the inside

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The lid exhibited just a touch of rust
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The lid exhibited just a touch of rust

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A child's ball was slightly buried
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A child's ball was slightly buried

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Trash that has almost become anonymous
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Trash that has almost become anonymous

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One bottle surfaced while another sank
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One bottle surfaced while another sank

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An antifreeze bottle was ripped open
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An antifreeze bottle was ripped open

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Animal track crossed an old fluorescent bulb
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Animal track crossed an old fluorescent bulb

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The bottle turned its bottom toward the coconut
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The bottle turned its bottom toward the coconut

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A cork ball eaten out from its inside
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A cork ball eaten out from its inside

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The toy had seen better days
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The toy had seen better days

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The wine bottle tried to hide in the weeds
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The wine bottle tried to hide in the weeds

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The flip-flop will flip-flop no more
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The flip-flop will flip-flop no more

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Her dress shoe had been abandoned to the elements
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Her dress shoe had been abandoned to the elements

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The chunk of flotation foam was well weathered
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The chunk of flotation foam was well weathered

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A bone from what creature washed up on shore
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A bone from what creature washed up on shore

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String buried and no longer intact
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String buried and no longer intact

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The remains of drugs steamed up inside the bottle
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The remains of drugs steamed up inside the bottle

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A flower casually observed an abandoned bottle
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A flower casually observed an abandoned bottle

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The rope was still attached to the buried chest
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The rope was still attached to the buried chest

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A Chinese beach sandal was washed up on a foreign beach
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A Chinese beach sandal was washed up on a foreign beach

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All that remained of that fatal night out
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All that remained of that fatal night out

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The plastic jug slowly imploded
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The plastic jug slowly imploded

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The old bottle opened up like a flower
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The old bottle opened up like a flower

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The green bottle dove down out of sight
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The green bottle dove down out of sight

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A bit of blue lent color to otherwise drab trash
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A bit of blue lent color to otherwise drab trash

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The make of the sandal was still visible
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The make of the sandal was still visible

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At last it was free of lettuce
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At last it was free of lettuce

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Trash joined up to chat about this and that
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Trash joined up to chat about this and that

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The bulb was completely out of ideas
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The bulb was completely out of ideas

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Here laid the shoe the child lost
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Here laid the shoe the child lost

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Worn Styrofoam appeared almost organic
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Worn Styrofoam appeared almost organic

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The blue board gleamed among its brethren
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The blue board gleamed among its brethren

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The wine bottle looked exactly as he felt that day
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The wine bottle looked exactly as he felt that day

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The sad little truck was a toy no more
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The sad little truck was a toy no more

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