Turtle Devil
Summary
Legend of Maui
Turtle Devil
Green soft quiet Maui bay water
Gurgle gurgle
Lap lap lap
Snorkel
Shwoosh hiss swoosh
Fish below
Eye dart gone
Ahead
Lazy unconcerned her slow
Slow stroke
My fins
Flap flap
Flapflap
A glance back
Slow stroke
Flapflapflapflapflap
Closer
Slow stroke
Flapflapflapflap
Flapflapflapflap
Slow stroke
Flapflapflapflap
Arms pull
Flapflapflapflap
Arms pull
Slow stroke and smile
Only dark to darker blue-black below
Flapflapflapflap Flapflapflapflap
Arms pull arms pull
Flapflapflapflap Flapflapflapflap
Arms pull Arms pull
Fast stroke fast stroke to empty deep blue
Ahhhh
Head up to check
Half mile from shore
Little turtle devil
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