Sonnet 255. The Chinese White, (Pink), Dolphin.
How much of life is spent in calm repose,
In contemplation, peace-inducing thought?
How few of us are numbered among those
Defined by what exertion brings about!
How emblematic is a color change,
Seen only when an animal reacts
To life with such vitality engaged
That nomenclature bows before the fact?
How fascinating that the nickname set,
For Chinese Whites, is blood and oxygen
Beneath the surface, making itself felt
As cooling ventilation of the skin.
That Dolphins here were never really pink,
Won’t matter when they’ve all become extinct.
Andrew Barker
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17 фев 2023
