The Moment John Malone I heard there were whales lunging out of the water At Henley South. “Sleek and smooth as peach slices,” One eyewitness said. Whales! I finished what I was…

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The Moment

John Malone

I heard there were whales lunging out of the water
At Henley South.
“Sleek and smooth as peach slices,”
One eyewitness said.
Whales!
I finished what I was doing and went down
For a look,
But the sea was flat and empty.
There were only a pair of cyclists on the other side
Doing up their clips
And a pelican among the gulls gazing wistfully at a spot
Where something might have been.
No sun was out. The sky was whale-gray.
I had missed the moment

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