Summers they feed in subpolar seas
Winters they breed in tropical lees
British Columbia / evergreen trees
Northern California / abalones
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Grey whales! Grey whales! Grey whales!
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Breaching above spumes of heart-shape mist
Sounding below grooms of court-ship tryst
Leviathan serpents / mussel diggers
Alligator fishes / ripsack swimmers
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Grey whales! Fluke tails! Grey whales!
Grey whales! Grey whales! Grey whales!
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