Standing on our Kauai hotel balcony
At night
I see lights in the sea
Hey, Babe what are those
Unearthly lights like dolphins on fire
We finally realize they are people
Offshore swimming together
Wearing headlamps
Why are they doing that
Like they had nothing better to do
This morning clumps of people
Standing on the beach
Looking out to sea
Immobile, transfixed, reverent
Hey Babe, what the hell are they doing
Tai chi?
No one’s moving…
Then I see the whales offshore
Breaching–one after the other
Slowly like the children of giants
Playing hop scotch
Like they had nothing better to do
Oh
Last night and now
Oh
