Sea life
by Rob Clucas-Tomlinson


A dolphin's demise
In a China sea.
A blue whale named
Among a roll-call of dead
In a ship's book of strikes
On a hollow hunt for pride.
A turtle misled
By a plastic fish.
A last cod writhing
On a supper plate.






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