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Whales and Sharks Invaded the River of the Alligators and Manatees

 
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But whales invade the river's dream
& sharks as long as a house is wide
who scoured the sea & picked it clean
but left few clues as to how they died

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This placid river thinks of these
As it cradles sleeping manatees
While alligators grieve and moan
For what was their ancestral home.