SEATTLE SOUND
            Dave Ruslander
                c. 2000
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Seagulls pick clams from the beach
Then drop them on my roof
to crack open a tasty morsel

These gulls are pretty smart
for dumb birds, using my roof
as a clam opener.

They screech all day
With their clam sorties
Cathunk, another smart
clam on my roof.

wind carries sea lions calls
I hear pelicans splashing for food
My what a wonderfully noisy place

My home here on Seattle Sound
Calm soothing water, pelicans chatting,
Sea Lions cry, wind gusting, and gulls dropping clams

Fog starts to roll in as the sun sets
And burns off in the morning
Unless we have rain

Even in fog I hear
Cathunk cathunk
The splash of pelicans
The calls of sea lions

I like the sound
It let's me know
All is right with my world


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