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Last of the Sea
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75 Last of the Sea Gull’s eye, dart-pupiled, ringedred , bulges as the bird gorges on half-dead fish: throat straightened to heave the head further down the gullet. When the tide goes out, we’re left with brackish muck, the smells of gut-piles as we clean our catch, open our mouths, and shovel the last of the sea into the ravenous caves of our bellies. After Jamie Wyeth’s “Gluttony” (2005) ...