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One more poem from The Revenant,
called "The Last of a Species."

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We're thinking about the fact
of some species of animals,

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particularly the great
blue whale is in danger

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and there's not really
anything that can

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be done about it because
there are so few of him left,

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and the ocean is so large
that the chances of finding

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each other to mate
are very remote,

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and it's possible
that they could just

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become extinct by swimming
around the rest of their life

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looking for a mate
and never finding one.

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Imagine trying to find a
woman in the state of Texas,

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or even New Jersey.

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You are the only
ones both moving,

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you can't get word to the other,
even to stay in one place.

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You pass in the night or
not, you will not know.

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From each hill another
horizon which way will you go?

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There are so many directions.

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You are growing old, your
seeds drying and dreams

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of others who will not come.

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