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Poem: Why would you want to live in the Arctic?
A question asked of me often these 25 years
This morning I am standing where
Inuit have lived, since time began

Their houses, dot this place
Circles in the tundra
And the stone circles of children’s playhouses
Where wild flowers of yellow grow

I’m listening to Narwhal breath
As they go about their lives
There are dozens.
The open water teems

I’m watching, but mostly I’m listening
The breathing comes from all corners
The loud exhale. The sharp inhale
Tusks waving, and the flukes as they dive

Some breaths whistle
Rising in pitch at that exhale
And rarely the sound
Of a large truck’s engine brakes

But mostly that slightly musical breath
As they break surface.
Steady, and then more rapidly
Before they dive under the ice, to hunt

Why live in the Arctic indeed

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