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There is mystery in everything, Herman whispered, almost to himself. And so there is poetry in everything. Even something as monstrous as a whale. But how to unlock its poetry.

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There is mystery in everything, Herman whispered, almost to himself. And so there is poetry in everything. Even something as monstrous as a whale. But how to unlock its poetry.

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