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Stephen A. Rozwenc
maybe it was the ever so faint
whistle
to summon a snowy heron’s
slow motion strut
your salty chuckle
flashing whitish feathers
on the drive
to a no name island beach
where expectation bubbles
foam
and friendly
hasta manana waves
home again home again
jiggity jig quick mix for dinner
sausage peppers pasta
and redolent tales
ten to the fifth more powerful
the one about a dolphin messenger
dispatched by the pod
to deliver coral tablets
that prescribe anemone dreamtime
for fading
belief
toss in a sprig of extra channeling
from your grandfather
yee-haaa rocking his tiny boat
as he threw back
every ghostly fish caught
from the salt marsh pond
flapping barracuda
window shopping grouper
red snapper protractor
every single one
dropped
like silver coins
in a gypsy fortune teller’s glass
Stephen A. Rozwenc
maybe it was the ever so faint
whistle
to summon a snowy heron’s
slow motion strut
your salty chuckle
flashing whitish feathers
on the drive
to a no name island beach
where expectation bubbles
foam
and friendly
hasta manana waves
home again home again
jiggity jig quick mix for dinner
sausage peppers pasta
and redolent tales
ten to the fifth more powerful
the one about a dolphin messenger
dispatched by the pod
to deliver coral tablets
that prescribe anemone dreamtime
for fading
belief
toss in a sprig of extra channeling
from your grandfather
yee-haaa rocking his tiny boat
as he threw back
every ghostly fish caught
from the salt marsh pond
flapping barracuda
window shopping grouper
red snapper protractor
every single one
dropped
like silver coins
in a gypsy fortune teller’s glass