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"There's a stone with 19 corners
in one of Machu Picchu's walls.

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The builders fit the wall
around the 19 corners,

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thinking in three
dimensions at once.

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They made a thing
that has too many

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turns to fit inside
a photograph.

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The scholars think they
did it to show off.

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Other tourists claim the stone
has 30 corners, or 32 quarters,

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or 12, or nine.

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We didn't count them ourselves.

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Our guides managed us.

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The long-dead
builders manage us.

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The stone exists.

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It hides parts of itself
from every line of sight.

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Still, we rest against the
wall and look down the valley.

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We go ahead and take the photos.

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We submit to frames.

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We make them ourselves.

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We carry our children and look
back at the honeymoon photos,

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thinking, there was so
much light up there.

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Thinking, what was
that guy's name?

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Thinking, I'd like
to see it again."