Alone in the water patient darkness
stretched like a canvas behind
a skyful of western stars she became
a dolphin eyes squeezed shut she circled
and crossed riding undulating currents
confident her well-imagined ‘sonar’
That this worked she assumed was
irrefutable proof of a mysterious
cetacean heritage Never once did she
entertain the possibility that having spent
years in this perfect turquoise world
its kidney-shaped contours and dimensions
were etched indelibly on her brain
and (in all likelihood) she was
constitutionally incapable of colliding
into its abrasive concrete walls
(c) 2018, by Hannah Six
Image: Mingyue H/Pexels
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