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The Cuttlefish Man
He laughed. “They won’t be shutting this off soon!
And now they’ll whistle a different tune!
Come on, let’s go: it’s time to end this game!
No, no, no! This way—not the way we came.”
I scrambled down the path, my trusty guide,
The mammoth mollusk, swimming at my side.
After a while I’d been running so hard,
I thought I couldn’t go another yard.
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