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First Line: Gray whale / now that we are sending you to the end
Last Line: That it is we who are important
Alternate Author Name(s): Merwin, W. S.
Subject(s): Death; Environment; Extinct Animals; Whales; Dead, The; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation




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