“Fish and other marine life could be left gasping for breath in oxygen-poor oceans for thousands of years to come if global warming continues unchecked, scientists warn…”
–National Geographic News; Jan. 28, 2009
You are sequestered in water
I am confined by the air
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You are scaly and finny
I am soft-skinned and fair
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I am a reader of volumes
You are a swimmer in time
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You read the text of the ocean
I tread the sea of my mind
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You draw your breath from a liquid
I take mine from a gas
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I am as slow as a dimwit
You are exceedingly fast
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I know little of coral
You know nothing of trees
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You know the feel of a current
I know the touch of a breeze
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You seem content to be fishy
I’m seldom content to be man
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You take pleasure in isness
I take it however I can
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Your limit seems bounded and narrow
I think my limit is none
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I die by the bounty I squander
You die by the damage I’ve done
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By Jim Culleny, December 7, 2009
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