Turtle Time
Turtle Time
Ever wonder what they think?
You know, the turtles.
The throwbacks, the procrastinators,
“Land—water—both?”
The first houseboats,
heads sitting on the bow
guiding the cumbersome craft,
stalking the unsuspecting
in slow-mo silence.
Mud slide building
sun worshippers
living life in the slow lane.
Old folk
at warm water beaches
reminiscing,
long swims, ocean currents,
mounded sand,
moonlight rendezvous.
Solitary creatures,
hard shelled
evolutionary slowpokes.
Ever wonder what they think
as generations pass?
John G. Lawless
7/15/2014
contest – Hard Shells – turtle inspired free verse
sponsor – Cyndi MacMillan
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