This Morning - Trout Black

[Larry Robinson]

This Morning

Up early
planned to swim half-a-mile
heard I’d promised my black dog
a good hike
OK
walked out the door in my t-shirt
heard I need a pocket
my  binoculars
OK
back in the house
changed shirts
into my car
drove towards the canyon loop
heard Corte Madera Estuary
OK
turned
parked near Basich
hiked down to the water
turned to the right
counter-clockwise loops
heard clockwise
resisted
then
OK
we all know this listening
as if we know how we should live
crossed the Bon Air Bridge
way low tide
June
new moon
large ripples
in almost no water
waited
until someone surfaced
couldn’t quite see
turned clockwise
up the shoreline path
through binoculars
saw
this far up 
way past null zone
whiskered
mud-covered head
 of Harbor Seal

not seen here before
then
further up the clockwise trail
a smaller head
binoculars
River Otter
and on the shore
yards from protection
Clapper Rail
all three gobbling fish
in the low low water
later
from the opposite shore
River Otter cavorting
in small lagoon
we all know this listening
listening. 

	- Trout Black
 
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