the gull
she seems to hang,
suspended by a thread,
her wingtips tremble
then curve
and down she drops
lika bolt to the sea,
she skirts the wavetops
for luckless fish
cast up by
churning tidal current,
finding none
she lays back on the landbreeze,
and lets it lift her
skyward once again.
Surfside, Texas
1991
suspended by a thread,
her wingtips tremble
then curve
and down she drops
lika bolt to the sea,
she skirts the wavetops
for luckless fish
cast up by
churning tidal current,
finding none
she lays back on the landbreeze,
and lets it lift her
skyward once again.
Surfside, Texas
1991
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