be a meal They hovered in the shade of the rock darted in

Last updated: 8/29/2023

be a meal They hovered in the shade of the rock darted in and out with each ripple flash their sides in the sun golden blinks that came up through the water into Wil s eyes and in his mind He sat for some time watching the fish looking across the bay listening to t birds and the place felt in a way like home It felt like he was supposed to be there ar when he stood and brushed the rock dust off his pants and walked back to the boat some e the day was gone But the newness filled him and he did not think of Madison or feel lonel as he rowed back to the main shore left the boat upside down in the brush found his bike and got out on the road He did not think of Madison or his friends there he thought only of the island the sunfish coming to his toes the mallards jumping into the sky the way they did the sun the birds And he knew he would come back He knew it with a kind of basic fundamental knowledge he would breathe in and out and he would come back to the island The island most likely represents O the past O a hardship old friends to Wil