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Humpback Whales.(Poem)

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| September 01, 2008 | Guenther, Dan | COPYRIGHT 2008 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
HUMPBACK WHALES 
 
   Whalers called their songs 
   the dark liturgy of Lucifer, 
   the grunts and groans of his aggrieved, 
   fallen angels, echoing 
   through the scalloped chambers of the ships. 
 
   Off Hawaii, long ago, I first heard them cry 
   from their cathedral in the deep. 
 
   The songs bring their solitary kind together. 
 
   And together ...

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