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Playa Careyero
Jungle palms flower upward to embrace the sky.
Blue skies, ever imperial, reach down to touch the Pacific.
Emerald waters flow forever forward to kiss the sand..
Sparkling sand embrace our body to cleanse our soul.
Fertile sand, once again, cradles the nest of the immortal turtle.