ribcage

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Sometimes it’s good to realize your own size in relation to the largest animal on earth or in its waters. To stand under the skeleton of a blue whale, to look into the ribcage, to see the long bones of what look like fingers resting elegantly against the ribs is to hold in your mind the space between you and the ghost of this whale in a noisy room so far from the ocean.

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