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Zoanthus Gigantus

from Ensonglopedia of Animals by John Hinton

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I will not roam.
I’ve chosen my premises,
And set up home
On the skeletons
Of my relatives.
If they chose to live here, then that’s good enough.
The seas can be rough,
And I’m lukewarm about all that travelling stuff.

And when I die,
My body shall remain
Where I lie,
And it won’t be in vain
If it helps this coral reef
To grow sky-high.
And it’s very hard to overemphasise
The enormous proportion of life that relies
On the coral reef,
And it beggars belief
How hard man tries
To pulverize
My prized high rise.
It took ten thousand years
To create this monument,
Then mankind interferes
And it’s gone in a moment.

I’d be sad if I had a brain.
If I could, then I would feel pain.
But I am Zoanthus gigantus
And I’m about as sentient as a plant is
My ancestors built this Atlantis
And I hope our descendants supplant us
But frankly I fancy our chances
Are slim to grim in these circumstances.

If you’re hoping for a moral
There’s no need to quarrel
Because one day we’ll all be buried on the bones of our ancestors,
Just like the coral.

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from Ensonglopedia of Animals, released October 15, 2018

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