- Sunday afternoon, birthday party
- Paul's art
Friday, April 4, 2008
Whale, freeing herself
The beleaguered whale
struggles
In Atlantic seawater off Kommetijie.
Caught up inadvertently in ropes.
She drags them behind her,
buoys scraping across her barnacled back,
the crayfish trap tangled around her tail.
The rescuers wait, watch –
Poised on rubber ducks
Smugly gauging their moment
To step in,
Take action,
Assert their human superiority.
But she beats them to it
Valiantly
thrashes herself free
Swims off
In search of deeper,
less cluttered
Terrain.
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struggles
In Atlantic seawater off Kommetijie.
Caught up inadvertently in ropes.
She drags them behind her,
buoys scraping across her barnacled back,
the crayfish trap tangled around her tail.
The rescuers wait, watch –
Poised on rubber ducks
Smugly gauging their moment
To step in,
Take action,
Assert their human superiority.
But she beats them to it
Valiantly
thrashes herself free
Swims off
In search of deeper,
less cluttered
Terrain.
040408
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