Postcard from the Beach #2

 She said that today was a spectacular day at the beach.  She spent the morning on the dock reading Mary Oliver and listening to the aviary all around her.  She said it was like the San Diego Zoo.  Heron was out, as was hawk, and a raccoon peeked out from under the dock but the crows chased him back underneath.  Fish jumped and the otters swam circles down the center of the canal.  Throngs of swallows flew in formation like the kites down on the sand.  She said we would have enjoyed it. Perhaps. But we would have had to experience it all in harnesses and would have been the laughing stock of the animal kingdom.