The SCUBA Instructors’ Log Entry:
The Valley Girl paid dearly to dive,
A loaf of bread and can, of tuna-fish.
She’s on the shore, with tightened fins.
I took her hand, and we frolicked by
Out to the drop-off where carp laze.
To dive at 1:04 pm, with air,
For ninety minutes, to explore Lost
Ruins of Shangri-la, not separate from
The Group. In the event of Emergency,
She’d been instructed to resurface,
If possible, at Shellfish Beach. We
Took it slow, then dove to the bottom,
Where coral beckoned from an over-hang
Of stone, she collected pretty rock
Specimens before we saw, as it loomed
In the undersea dark, a manmade wall.
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