“Minnows”

Minnows turn in concert

They flash in unison

One massive organism

That parts before my hand

Exercising the right to call

Upon flashing silver walls

Kicking in deeply blue

Oblivious to it all

A pelican makes tracks

Unseen beneath the shallows

A hissing rock skips into the bay

My heart yearns to follow

The sun watches his mirage

Turn red upon the sea

The fishing nets are pulled

And they are all empty

January 2005