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Texas | Columns | "Once Upon A Line"

WHALE FALL

by David Knape

When a whale falls
in no time at all
it becomes a feast
for denizens deep

how sad a death
its sight appalls
a smorgasbord
a shopping mall

the beast won't keep
eternal sleep
as feeders feed
strip away its meat

those banquet guests
have all the gall
fast food its called
come one come all.

© d.knape December 12, 2019
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NOTE:
*Dead whales sink to the ocean floor. Here they become a wild banquet that will last decades. This process, known in the ocean science community as a Whale Fall, creates an entire ecosystem around the carcass becoming a restaurant for all manner of alien-like creatures of the depths.

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