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Patience

August 24, 2010 | Words By: Mat Arney

Batten down the hatches and bed in for the winter.
Check the weather charts every day.
Explore the reef on spring low tides.
Get to be so that you tell the time by the tide and not the tide by the time.
Watch.
Wait.
Be patient.
Tell the boss your car wouldn’t start.




2 Comments


  1. I think this is a nice poem and photograph, Mat.

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  2. Awww! Nice one, very well written. The photo looks perfect to the poem.. Very lovely!

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