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Yellow Drake
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Yellow Drake

Ephemera varia

Ephemera are any transitory written or printed matters that are not meant to be retained or preserved. The word derives from the neuter nominative etc plural of the Greek ephemeros, meaning "lasting only one day, short-lived", and it is thus a plural word. Artistic ephemera include sand paintings, sculptures composed of intentionally transient material; graffiti and guerrilla art—ephemera is also significantly present in American literature. Due to the understanding of ephemera fading, the objects, of which...

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