Homeward Bound
The salmon run—
Hoped for slippery
salmon
Silver, Chinook,
pink, pinook
Swift to escape net
and hook…
Slick swift silver
salmon streak
Upstream from Lake Michigan
They find their bed
in the river
Where they were new
born
with yolk sacks bulging
their bellies.
Now mature they leap
and flash
Colors of auroras
high above them
They leap and splash
past hooks and nets
and whirling blades
of boat motors…
homeward bound salmon
to spend it all
their eggs and milt.
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