Depth beyond depth emerging from below
Surrounded not by sunny greenery
But chemotrophic coral that can grow
Without the aid of light. Imagine swimming
In hard pressed water heated by the vents
Which is by seeming miracle still brimming
With endless fish, who feed within the rents.
And now, since we are human, please imagine
A trawler casting out a deep sea net
To fill our endless stew, chowder, or tagine
With any fish or sea life it can get
Breaking the coral, spreading it across
The cracked and spewing vent. Imagine loss.
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