Encounter of Sorts
It was a hot and humid day went to the pool after lunch fair amount of people there dove in, started swimming laps,
felt a rip tide , a strong one how can this be lotsa kids playing and diving causing turbulence,
it’s almost five o’clock almost everyone gone sun’s moved, trees block a portion of the pool creating a dark spot,
swimming towards that area, in my mind I hear a b flat , then a, da dum da dum, da dum, just like a iambic meter I look underwater and see a great white what the..
shark is going around in circles pectoral fins pointed down, ready to attack options raced thru my mind panic or confront,
meanwhile the theme music is getting louder, dive under, look him in the eye massive jaw’s wide open we circle each looking for a weakness,
move to him and punch him in the nose, he back’s off could’ve sworn I heard “ow’ that hurts”,
swim by his tail and notice a tag get up close and it reads “daily pass senior sharks water aerobics class”,
asked him why are you here now “missed the early morning class making it up” cool,
since we have the pool to ourselves lets do some laps, race ya’ last one to the other end buys the beer, yer on.
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