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lessons in taking
January 3, 2026
& after their stark white bones
are stripped of their coat of hue
our flesh, too, leaches its color,
veins licked dry since human thirst
is more than the reef can quench
no matter how many rivers we cry
hoping our reflections tint a shade bluer
they cannot swathe our wounds
bleeding saltwater, scales and our disregard.
once our self-betrayal pays a price in
a decade’s catch and the lives of ten fishermen
the sea’s wide net has stolen our breath
spent on thieving statues from the waters
that kept only what we
taught it to take.
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