"Drink to me only with thine eyes..."
Dour biologists and animal rights advocates regularly warn against layering our human qualities over animals. “Anthropomorphism” they argue clouds nature’s reality and creates wrong-headed approaches to conservation and care for our lovable furry friends.
Well, I understand but sometimes an animal so human-like, so handsome, crashes into our shared psyche, taking our collective breath away.
And here we see two fishermen gifted the thrill of a lifetime when a giant Great White shark stares with eyes full of humanity, demonstrating a spirit so strong as to draw tears from even the most hardened observer.
Oh how they make me swoon, how they fill my heart with poetry. If I was lucky enough to be on that fishing boat, I would first sing sonnets, like the fishermen, but also write instant poetry to the Great White.
“Drink to me only with thine eyes…” I would say “And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I’ll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove’s nectar sup, I would not change for thine.”
Do you think Great White sharks like poetry?
Do you?
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it still works with some girls. try this:combine poetry with acoustic guitar… man, in like flynn
that looks just like my boss…fills me with dystopian horror and revulsion…
It’s not so much they are like us, but rather, we are like them. After all, they did precede us.
You don’t have to post something everyday, Chozzlos.
But please do
I guess you don’t like poetry.
The laws of karma
Suggest that the more words typed
shark bites Chas in ass
Hungover?
Perhaps a conversion of the apostle Pauli sorta moment.