“The effect is lovely, Sir,” I said,
“but should you go canoeing
in that tailored three-piece suit?”
The breeze was stiffening,
and dark mackerel clouds
augured rain and rising waves.
“Perhaps a life jacket,” I said,
“or better, safe ashore
with a hot drink?”
He smiled and handed me
his rings and wristwatch.
“You worry too much,” he said.
Like a swan, he slid away
into darkness and distance:

About riverwriter
Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else?
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