top of the ladder
up the hatch this morning
broke out laughing
we’re in a bank of heavy fog
just like home
an hour later it’s lifting
and a decent breeze from NE kicks in

this cold fog
is a state of flight

Or line, as they insist

right-handed cord
coil it clockwise?
left-handed, counter?

Right laid
a Z twist
versus an S twist
in the cable

coiled wrong, it will kink
potentially dangerous

where will I apply such arcane detail?

As he had told me:

urchins once filled all the shoreline rocks
till the Japanese market opened up
flights from Bangor
fishery now tightly licensed
hoping for recovery

An old-fashioned farm windmill was doing whatever on one island we passed.