Once at the beach
I saw a fish pull itself from the surf onto the sand.
I turned to look, because you don’t see this sort of thing very often.
The fish then carefully balanced itself on it’s tail
& began to hop towards me
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As he came closer
the fish grinned & said
“How am I doing?”
Looking good, I replied, & I gave a thumbs up.
The fish looked around, & then confided,
“How crazy is this, boy?”
*
Before I could reply
the fish suddenly flicked its tail,
& sent a little bit of sand into my eyes.
It only took me a second to gather myself
but when I looked back up
the fish was already racing back toward the sea.
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It needn’t have bothered, though.
The fish had nothing to fear from me.
I wasn’t going to chase it.
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I was just…
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