-Nearing the Island of women-

There's an island inhabited by women.

The lone figure of man aboard a skiff, stands

Paddling toward the island by use of an oar
Which seems fashioned by his own hand.

From the viewer’s line-of-sight,

Activity is seen on the island as the women 

Go about the chores of daily life.

Some are building a habitable structure.

Another, pulls a great fish from the water
Knee-high at its banks with her bare hands!

It's not clear to me

How he'll approach the women

To communicate his intensions.

I'm left wanting for information.

When the instruments of their labors

Are laid to rest for the night,

Will the women dance with one another

Circling a raging campfire?

Is a cappella singing involved?

How will the great fish be dressed?

Will the women dress for dinner at eventide?

Will they sleep together beneath the open sky?––

But the gentleman's approach, as it is with all men,

Is endless and is endlessly anticipated;
The destination forever laid beyond the bow.
But silently onward, onward he rows...

 2011 / from a drawing by Leonard Dufresne