Coelacanth

Coelecanthus ,hollow spine friend of old

Great grandfather of mammals without bones

How did you survive all these years

Seeing time did a number on all your peers

Share with me your secrets 

So that I too may learn 
that to live long and to survive 
requires no more than a rudimentary brain
And a tube of oil for a spine

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