Tsunami

A fisherman sitting by the rocks heard a wheezing,

and thought it was

the sound of an aging mermaid

trying to break out of the sea.

But looking up,

he noticed a cloud squeezing through the sky,

and tipped his head in wonder.

Splash.

A singing fish jumped out of the sea,

confessing the ocean’s belly in the key of G:

“What you heard, old man, was

the thud of a dolphin

hitting the bed of the earth

three thousand years ago

with a rapture so great

it traveled through time

like an electric wave of fire!

A tsunami is on its way,

as we speak.”