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egg tooth–
chipping away at the shell
of this haiku

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What is an egg tooth? Accrding to Wikipedia ‘ the egg tooth is a small, sharp, cranial protuberance used by offspring to break or tear through the egg’s surface during hatching.’  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_tooth

This is a prompted haiku, posted on the fb page of the NaHaiWriMo extension 2011
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