What The Salmon Said

WHAT THE SALMON SAID

SCOTT T. STARBUCK

I wander as far as Japan
but must come home
when time is right in fiery maples
to birthgravel in finned song
of my ancestors.

There is joy in spawning,
dying, completing circle
ordained by a wise maker
of all real circles.

DROWNING

ALEX RUSHMER

Colored Pencil Drawing

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