Checking the Pots
By Kim Kenyon
Reckon I can hear the mud crabs getting ready to crawl in our pots from here
He laughs at his own joke, but she’s busy pulling away,
yanking the frayed grey cord of her childhood
15hp Yamaha outboard, lurching them from boat ramp ...
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