WHALEFALL
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2021-05
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American English
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M.F.A.
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2021
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Indiana University
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The whale fall represents a devastating loss not only symbolically of my father, but also a colossal loss to the ecosystem of our great oceans. As the whale begins to sink it blocks out the sun entirely to the creatures beneath. The whale crashes and the sediment of the ocean floor rises up in an intense cloud, further blocking the sun and obscuring the view of the whale. At the precipice of the death, there is no hope of continuing life for the whale; but new life will form. Once the whale is fully settled on the floor, bioluminescent creatures begin to flock to the remains, something that seems nearly impossible in the dark desolate void of the ocean floor, eventually, bringing back the light and life to the whale.
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