050510i Calmness Could Be Dangerous Poem by Manonton Dalan

i'm awestruck with calmness
when shore start to recede
only tiny ripples on surface
i'm waiting for jumping fish
nobody did such acrobats
they went with flow just that

i remember my dads story
somewhere in hawaiian bay
they pick clams, gather opehi
one time fish were stranded
old folks said don't go picking
instead they run to the mountain

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one sign of tsunami
opehi a shell that stick their flesh to rocks
(good popos bra)