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8/5
belly flop mullet
from two different directions
at least twelve inches
five at the same time
jumping into each other
right in front of you
thousands of mullet
never seeing fish so close
last week they were small
sumo chasing them
standing in a pool low tide
almost an hour
south to myrtle beach
except they jump from both sides
and a sideways wave
swim from the round pool
teeny mullet jumping high
twenty at a time
riding the wave tip
then they’re flying wallendas
big kahuna wave
when they flop back down
large fish make circular waves
just like a rain drop
eventually girls
oblivious to mullet
float behind the pool
father calls them back
drift toward north carolina
still not seeing fish
they walk back on land
going the wrong way too fast
very good idea
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