May 6th
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LEARNING TO SWIM
Never in Lake Erie’s polluted waves.
After the Cuyahoga River burned, I came
to the edge of the Pacific, waves reaching
the horizon with their fill
of jellyfish, devil fish, ribbon worms,
and I am swimming in my own body,
55-78 percent water.
LEARNING TO SWIM
Never in Lake Erie’s polluted waves.
After the Cuyahoga River burned, I came
to the edge of the Pacific, waves reaching
the horizon with their fill
of jellyfish, devil fish, ribbon worms,
and I am swimming in my own body,
55-78 percent water.
Susan Landgraf 74, Auburn
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