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  1. Nice. Similar in tone to George Swede's 'alone at last' but with a twist in the other direction.

  2. __Jeannie, your nifty verse has generated this, my contrary view; a lone race with the clouds. I thank you. _m

    a kayak
    scuds across this silent pond
    low clouds

  3. Nice Jeannie.

    I didn't think of it, but I agree with Bob Lucky. The tone is similar but for sure a twist in the other direction. Thanks to both of you.

  4. Sure the irony that other posters have mentioned.

    Could also read it as–the poet is getting away on a Caribbean cruise, and there are all these people also getting away, each one from the circumstance of his/her life.

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