"The Shark's Silhouette"


Far out,
a darker band sometimes drifted
under the surface-

not a body,
not a fin,
just a passing shift
in the water's weight.

The minnow watched it
as though it were a sign,
a shape to grow into,
a future already outlined.

But the band kept moving,
unconcerned,
unfixed,
never slowing enough
to become anything at all.








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