Osprey
 
He dives
breath-taking suddenness
barely a brown streak
plummiting through air
no pussyfooting for him
it is eat or die
with hardly a splash -
9.5 by Olympic standards -
he resurfaces
dark fish dripping
cold waters
of an abundent sea


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