It was the sign that seeded this pearl. I may add to it later, the parts I hacked off. The verse let me have fun with some weak attempts at alliteration.

Subtract the stygian from the sea 
for a theatre of the absurd. Aren't we
fancy oysters frustratedly filtering out 
sand, then spitting  satiny pearls or dolphins 
skimming the surface in synchronized breath ?

~ poetry in motion, TBC