Butterfly Effect - ressourcesfeministes

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some days we float above corals 19 formed like brains trees
mushrooms and surreal sculptures the seaweed follows in
our wake when we emerge our masks and flippers turn us
into aliens but we are amphibians 20 our breathing returns
to oxygen mixed with nitrogen the water runs down our
bodies making them gleam in the late afternoon sun
at daybreak we surf inside the reef’s edge riding white
horses 21 surfboards tyres through the foaming spume you
decide to try water skiing and stand on the second
attempt your trapezoids strong from work your body
shape not determined by fashion
there are islands where secrets are embedded in the rocks
in the shape of the coastline where the sweet waters mix
with the sea myriad birds live near the mouth 22 visiting in
cycles bringing culture
and we too circle like a figure on a ship’s deck 23 through
to the final place where we are buried surrounded by
circles of rocks and trees in the evenings you and I walk
the foreshore searching out the shell of a nautilus 24