Daniel Paul Marshall strikes gold:
“(Asian carp?) leap out the pristine waters likea good idea which granulates into fuzz
before you have time to write it down…”And the discussion on similes in the comments is like a bright torch in a dark well… Sorry, couldn’t resist.
Haenyo incident at Hallim Harbour (sometime after lunch)
…At a small harbor | old stone steps cut out with tools
or perhaps repeated use & weather.
She watches fish with silver bellies |
(Asian carp?) leap out the pristine waters like
a good idea which granulates into fuzz
before you have time to write it down
—one leap after another
a meter or so | the gulls watching.
She asks a fisherman nearby
why do they do it? She can’t make out
much of what he says | something about
“polluted water & noise from fishing boats”
which “rumble through the water.”
A gang of ajumma who work at a black-pig
BBQ restaurant | cartoon make-up & hair-metal perms |
tiger-print spandex & leather waistcoats |
crowded around something or someone
—“What’s everyone so interested with?”
A Haenyeo: Grandma of the Sea “heard music while diving”
a music not belonging…
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