Circle Of Anticipation

(for a painting by Natali Wienstein, posted April 18,2024) ... ... ... ... ... ... a rapturous whirl of gamboling piscine flesh... adjusting speed and distance to swim as a school... performing a vortex as a ritual of togetherness... a little while ago, they must have been scattered... lurking in their shadowy bottom-feeding haunts... now summoned by prospects of communal enjoyment, eagerness draws them into a revolving procession... a coordinated flick of tails makes a glimmering display... streaks of light trace the eddies they stir... and their colors swirl in a circle of radiance.