A pod of plump dolphins plays,
diving, swimming in unison,
spinning like mini tornadoes,
or metal fragments dancing
above a shiny mirror,
following magnets beneath.
Fluid movements, gliding freely,
mimicking starlings in flight,
high in the blue sky above.
Kinetic energy, the flock
becomes a solid, silky scarf
floating, soaring as if weightless,
until the air current shifts.
Dolphins leap, twisting,
gleaming in the sun,
swimming in unison,
in the deep green brackish
Kennebec river, synchronized swimmers
in a finely choreographed
water ballet.
Swan Island in the Kennebec -- 