This soft spring I went down the trail to the place where the turtle’s head opened the water, where two Baltimore orioles threaded through the scrub pines on either side of the black pond. Just off the highway, it was quiet except for the wind brushing the pine needles. The ocean was only a...
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Starfish
A starfish’s tubular feet climbing the trees, just walking up the trees like an inch worm from the sea. All the tubes of the starfish feet, clear, translucent. Seemingly having a life of their own. I read the fur of a polar bear is tubular and translucent. Though it doesn’t look that way. But...