The presence of the Manatee moves
me,
a tear drop shifts
I weep not for me only,
but for the spirit lost,
all that which we are destroying.
With the carnival drum,
all of my land's rhythms
so mine, awake sleepy
aching roots,
heal new and ancient wounds
with the shudder of the rump.
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