We always stayed out on the water
till we’d seen the interesting thing
An ancient turtle with its battle scarred shell
A solo cruising tiger shark, sunlight dancing off its boldly patterned back
A gentle dugong munching on sea grass
calmly moving away, matching us inch by inch
A family of synchronized swimming rays
Dolphins, one two six seven ten
leading, tailing, looping
dashing, splashing
they always win the game
On those achingly serene days
of sea surface stretched out
like liquid glass
we didn’t want to head for shore
even after we’d seen the interesting thing
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