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Sightseers
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16 Sightseers A string of pelicans in gliding file Traversed the setting sun.We watched awhile Before the captain shared an observation: “The pelicans die early, from starvation. They waste ashore, unable to take flight; They haven’t lost their wings, they’ve lost their sight. The reason they go blind is said to be The force with which they plunge into the sea To nab their catch; it massacres their eyes.” Hard nature made them rash instead of wise. They threaded to a point.We kept our eyes on Their drift, above the gaudy-hued horizon, Where sun’s last glimmer sipped the darkening tide, And night awaited, opulently eyed. ...