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A night bottle from the sea

“If the city is too loud, open this. There's only the sea…”

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Still up · Sep 19, 5:55 PM

If the city is too loud, open this. There's only the sea, and one small line: you can rest first.

Drifted at sea for 48 daysPicked up 23 times

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This is a message in a bottle on AnyBottle: a short, night letter written to a stranger and set adrift. Anyone can read it; signed-in readers can tie on a kind reply. Many people use it for unsent letters they never found a home for.

Write one back to the seaA few lines is plenty, and your draft is saved as you type.

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