{"id":2550,"date":"2026-08-13T06:47:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/?p=2550"},"modified":"2026-08-13T06:47:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:47:43","slug":"the-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/the-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"The Whale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The night is me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 7em\">\u00a0<\/span>the moon is me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 15.5em\">\u00a0<\/span>her light her crests her spoons are me<br \/>\nThe bog is me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 7em\">\u00a0<\/span>the marsh is me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 15.5em\">\u00a0<\/span>their rot and smell and salt is me<br \/>\nThe storm is me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 7em\">\u00a0<\/span>its calm is me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 15.5em\">\u00a0<\/span>the lightning out at sea is me<br \/>\nThe beach is me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 7em\">\u00a0<\/span>her slope is me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 15.5em\">\u00a0<\/span>the tide her foam her rip is me<br \/>\nThe sand is me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 7em\">\u00a0<\/span>her grains are me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 15.5em\">\u00a0<\/span>her wet her grit her fine is me<br \/>\nThe waves are me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 7em\">\u00a0<\/span>their curls are me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 15.5em\">\u00a0<\/span>their ire their crests their depths are me<br \/>\nThe fish is me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 7em\">\u00a0<\/span>her gills are me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 15.5em\">\u00a0<\/span>her eggs her school her scales are me<br \/>\nThe seal is me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 7em\">\u00a0<\/span>her hide is me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 15.5em\">\u00a0<\/span>her cry her flip her glide is me<br \/>\nThe whale is me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 7em\">\u00a0<\/span>her spout is me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 15.5em\">\u00a0<\/span>her tail and tongue and eyes are me<br \/>\nher hump is me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 7em\">\u00a0<\/span>her swim is me<br \/>\n<span class=\"poetry-spacer\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 15.5em\">\u00a0<\/span>her blow her lungs her scars are me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The night is me \u00a0the moon is me \u00a0her light her crests her spoons are me The bog is me \u00a0the marsh is me \u00a0their rot and smell and salt is me The storm is me \u00a0its calm is me \u00a0the lightning out at sea is me The beach is me \u00a0her slope is me &hellip; 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