Nurture your Nature

Swimming in Anabel's tub. Eureka's waterfront.

Swimming in Anabel's tub:

The float of legs lifting buoyed by the warmth, the swim. The swirl. Steam rising over the roar of water. The pulse against shoulders and thighs. Pushing the button to turn off the pounding of flesh, the quiet of clearing steam. The float.

Eureka's waterfront:

The unnamed ships, the ships: Sea wolf, Dena. The slap of waves on wharf. The distant fading motor-rumble. Haze between bay and distant hills. The sea gulls, sea birds, birds in the air, or floating, diving. The Josie L. Orange and pink shirts chasing their childhood; my long gone youth. The ripples crisscrossing, sliding under the boardwalk. The Mary C churning past the smell of fish, the swirl of calling gulls. A sign on a boat: Humboldt State University: Coral Sea.

2010, January 5. Eureka, California.

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