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Author / Andrew Robin

Shark Reef

By Andrew Robin

We went out seeking eagles.
We found two ravens and a gull

and strands of bull kelp left ashore
in fraying shawls the driftwood wore.

We found bones.
A seal had washed up in the stones;

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