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CORAL ISLANDS by LOUIS GINSBERG

First Line: ALTHOUGH WITH LIVES, SUBMERGED AND BRIEF
Last Line: A FERTILE CONTINENT.
Subject(s): CORAL;
Although with lives, submerged and brief,
Insects will mount above,
Until they make a coral reef
They are not dreaming of.

So from dark waters of our doubt,
More than we ever meant,
On our dead selves, we may lift out
A fertile continent.



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