A tern in tweezered light
between storm and storm
brushes air's whiskered cheek
resting on the sea's purple-green
which hides its mystery below:
fins and bones, chits of lemniscus
breathing water:
a single hook
descends.

Who would not bite
the tessellated gobbet
suspended so seductive
in the purple green --
only a fin flick from
knowing?

Lynne Potts is a Boston poet who works as a professional writer for publishers, public institutions, and private non-profit agencies. Her poems have appeared in a number of publications including Art Times, Fauquier Poetry Journal, River Oak Review and University of Alabama's new publication Poetry, Memoire, Story.

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