I was fortunate to get away for a week to an island with a beautiful beach.
Amid a smooth stretch of beach
Leading me down the aisle
I espied a love object
Beckoning my gaze.
A fossilized rock of sea creatures
No bigger than a deck of cards
With indentations for my fingers
Like a bowling ball.
It begged me to pick it up
Its meaning was clearly
To focus my attention
And glean its wisdom.
A cross between a fish and turtle
Perforated with circles and holes
Some dimples, others craters
One through which I see the whole world.
Containing vestiges of shells
The homes of sea creatures long gone
When I turn it over
There's a hippopotamus!
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