Bone by Mary Oliver

1.Understand, I am always trying to figure outwhat the soul is,and where hidden,and what shapeand so, last week,when I found on the beachthe ear boneof a pilot whale that may have diedhundreds of years ago, I thoughtmaybe I was closeto discovering somethingfor the ear bone2.is the portion that lasts longestin any of us, man or whale; shapedlike a squat spoonwith a pink scoop whereonce, in the