Whale Fall

[Wjames]

Kilometers press carcass to clay.

Sculpin and mollusk devour soft tissue,
snot worms colonize bone,
urchins phalanx stingers.

In my garden, spiderwort blooms.

[RiverNotch]

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Sculpin and mollusk
devour soft tissue,
snot worms colonize bone,
urchins form a phalanx:
in my garden, spiderwort blooms.