In the Baja
Near shore I am
eye to eye with the leafy sea dragon
in an obsidian sea.
Out in the deep
marlin rise to bask
in a cradle of waves—
rare periwinkle marlin.
Transparent newborns—lobsters and crab
wobble off to hide in the reefs.
Labyrinthine sea reefs
spikes, claws, scales in malachite seas—
multicolored seas with nimble silver fish
that elude tang, barracuda and sharks.
Leviathons play in salt, spray
fountains then sound
in the deep majesty.
Their sonorous songs
and bird like beeps
enter bones of sailors asleep
in their berths.
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