"She loves every colorful picture
of tropical fish and intricate corals; I love
that the pictures never change. We close the book,
kiss her forehead, and whisper, "Sweet dreams.
She is our most vulnerable island,
and we are her barrier reef."
From Three Sonnets Without a Barrier Reef, Craig Santos Perez, in Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation, eds. Christopher Kondrich, Lucy Spelman, Susan Tacent
of tropical fish and intricate corals; I love
that the pictures never change. We close the book,
kiss her forehead, and whisper, "Sweet dreams.
She is our most vulnerable island,
and we are her barrier reef."
From Three Sonnets Without a Barrier Reef, Craig Santos Perez, in Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation, eds. Christopher Kondrich, Lucy Spelman, Susan Tacent
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