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Deep Within the Web
Don Hynes
Dec. 12, 2013
Before the head moved
the body seemed
part of the rock
stepping down
to the cold rising tide;
when the head raised
rippling layers of fat
the seal was outlined,
still more earth than animal
until he uncoiled
and with small shapely fins
dropped into the water,
taking his sea form,
his strength in the world below
as he left the day-lit point
for the last of the salmon,
following the currents,
in touch with the tide,
deep within the web unfolding.
