Discovery Island, just off the coast from Victoria, BC. We travelled by skiff through calm and turbulent waters, 2016

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DISCOVERY ISLAND AND FAT WHITE SEALS AND
THEIR GRACE MOVING ONTO ROUND ROCKS
AND ELOQUENT BLUE HERONS PERCHING
AND SKIMMING THE SOUND OF THE SEA

US BODIES SITTING NEAR THE WATER
ON A BLANKET ON DRIED GRASSES, IN THE SHADE OF A PINE, THE BIG
WHITE CAPED MOUNTAINS IN THE DISTANCE

AND I CONSIDER US LOOKING OUT AT ALL OF THIS:
BRAWNY BODIES, FIVE TOED
AND THE BALL OF THE BARE FOOT
IN CONTACT WITH THIS GROUND

THEN COOKING SOBA NOODLES AND VEGGIES AND EATING
IMPORTED AVOCADO
WHILE WE IMAGINE
THE FAT SEAL FEEDING ON COD OR BULL KELP

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