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And thought I'd switch gears
and read some of the animals

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An Aquarium.

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It's organized as
a kind of bestiary,

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and it goes through
the alphabet.

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Yeah, there's 55 poems, plus
an extra one called "Time."

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And let's start with "Abalone."

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"Abalone, Rumsen aulón.

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Aristotle auriform Costanoans
cultivated, Brueghel painted,

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awabi Osahi dove for on
September 12th, 425 A.D.

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to please Emperor Ingyō but
was pulled up dead with one

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clutched in his hand.

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Iridescent pearl,
nebular swirl, meat

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all muscle tastes like rubber.

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Its gonads a delicacy.

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Now universities are
funded to study its armor.

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All earthly roads lead to war.

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But remember, haliotis
are hemophiliacs,

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once cut, they bleed to death.

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Watch your heart."

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