abalone shell with clear resin stand and black resin blocking the holes

shell-ku

abalone beauty
gummed up
resinated

[I wrote this micropoem very quickly at a meeting of the Central Coast Poets Inc., based on the month’s object prompt: the shell pictured. I jubilantly took home the shell as a self-styled trophy — and a memento of the day I became a member. Words and photo by Catherin J Pascal Dunk 2026.]


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