Rock time
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The slabby rock behind my house has been around for a billion years, give or take.
It will outlast me, already halfway through this thing called life.
But when I scramble up close and investigate, when I poke my fingers at its scaly surface or find the maple saplings prying open its crevices, I notice that it – too – is dying.
Or becoming something new.