Come back soon, I say

as he wriggles into his Ursuit®
(his wetsuit to you and me)

dons his enormous flippers
ready to topple backwards
into the White Sea

*

Bring me snaps
of sea urchins

and gelatinous zooplankton

Beroe and Bolenopsis
such strange invertebrate animals
with curious names

*

I confess
that when he surfaces

removes his camera
from its underwater housing
shakes off his diver’s mask

a sundog smiles in the clouds

*

when he drops
his definite article
in delightfully Russian style

I’m reduced
to a soft-bodied entity

a jellyfish caught in a strobe

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