Two people wait
for different ferries,
silent
on the dim pontoon.
They are strangers -
he from Asia,
finishing
his first degree;
she a teacher,
homeward bound
after evening
work in town.
She stands
almost at journey's end,
approaching Charon's
narrow gangway,
shadowy,
extending back
to mangroves'
obscure origins.
The swaying footbridge
lies before him;
lanterns on the other shore
wink and beckon,
hint at more
bounties life
may hold in store…
On the pontoon
© Copyright: Jena Woodhouse, 2006
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