Saturday, July 22, 2006

Surfacing

She surfaced
before me
ready for the flash
the pose
of the picture
I took
a creature of the deep
looked at me
affected me
made me remember her
a beautiful slow sea turtle
rising in the tank
gracefully
to greet me


July 22, 2006 20:12
1970 field trip to the New England Aquarium from Westfield, Abner Gibbs Elementary School
http://www.neaq.org/vtour/index.html


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