Today's prompt is very strange. It is about erasure (what you leave out). Here is my best attempt at this technique. Weird I know.
look
below the surface a
different world
tuned in
look the Lake Swallows
Geese
But below the surface
dark and mysterious
Drama happens
conflict
fisherman tuned in
look out from our boat activity swoop and skim
fly by, honking
Waves rise and fall
different world Atlantis
life or death
conflict eat eat
eat life of the fisherman
the waves
As we look out from our boat the Lake is full of activity. Swallows swoop and skim the surface of the water. Geese fly by, honking, while a gander and his mate herd their little goslings along the shore. Waves rise and fall and lap against the rocks. But below the surface there is a completely different world, dark and mysterious. A hillbilly version of Atlantis sits complete with barns and wells, fences and old plows. Drama—the life or death kind—happens continuously, conflict every moment of every day. Big fish eat smaller fish who eat tiny fish who eat plants and algae. The life of the fisherman lies in being tuned in to this world beneath the waves.
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