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A Day In Florida | Poem

A Day In Florida
 
hot beach afternoon
on-shore breeze
schools of baitfish
pursued by bombadier pelicans
nobody in the water
with a fin that followed the shore
evening rain
full moon rising
dripping from the clouds
hundreds of frogs appeared
clung to my door, my windows
frogsong covering the fields
while I pondered
the difference between
a blessing and a curse
 
- Ken Peters


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