Cacti & Paper Airplanes

A Sensory Experience at Put-in-Bay

A smooth white wooden bench

Tucked behind a large building

Which sits by another structure across a gap

Labeled "Stone Laboratory"

A boat sits rocking upon the gentle waves

Which lap up onto the concrete

And flow back out again into the lake

A small crowd of people climb into the boat

They carry a few objects aboard

Then they power away in a strong arc to the left

A ferry blows its horn and moves away

The distance grows as it shrinks

And it too fades into the distance

A woman in flip flops hurries across the pavement

To a small motorboat just beyond the lab

She grips her phone frantically

And motors off alone to the right

The waves flood the cement

Like a miniature pond just above

The true Great Lake

And the whoosh rhythmically soothes

As the minutes pass

And your breaths slow

But finally you must go

For the rest of world is still moving