DIVING IN

young beautiful couple

talking about diving, spear fishing, 

kelp forests, "a recreational dive."

she forgot a hair tie, he 

a towel, they share

a tall tumbler of champagne,

wonder when the ferry leaves. 

across the hot tub

keeping my eyes 

and the ferry schedule to myself.

my daughter watching then growling, 

back and forth between a

swimming tiger, then dead,

then a dog, then dead, then a tiger again,

then dead, then a dog,

back and forth, back and forth

across our side of the hot tub

until they leave.