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The Cuttlefish Man
“Genetic engineering was my field:
I set my goal to make the ocean yield
More food for the people of Earth to eat
By cloning a creature giving more meat
Than any crustacean ever on sale—
Why not a lobster the size of a whale?
From undersea gardens we could reap
Oysters like oxen and shrimp big as sheep!”
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