
Pidgeonholes: Names on a Map
On New Jersey’s aquaculture maps, unfamiliar names shimmer. I am a land dweller, of the shore but not, like a sea glass shard laid across hot sand. City born but relocated, I’m composed of raw edges. I peer close, then closer, but the labels remain obscure: Dry Bay.Obes Thorofare.Tices Shoal.Graveling Point. Unfazed by my interest, the waters lap the shores of hidden inlets, flowing constant in a tongue unknown. Read more… Published August 7, 2020
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