White clouds wispy, blue beyond
Swimmin’ with the jets today
Daydreamin’ salt-water creature last seen
Near the airport’s Reef Runway
Fighter jets takeoff, followed by a tanker
The sun’s still low in the east
I’m backstroking in the Diamond Head direction
Half man, half swimming beast
Started swimming regularly a couple years ago
Now I’m a regular old-man Tarzan lite
But chuggin’ on my back and staring at the sky
Feel like a young fella flyin’ a kite
I got the swimming badge in Boy Scouts
Back when I had a flat stomach
Last time I swam laps before now
I was eleven, at Camp Mattatuck
Life is a funny journey
So many twists and turns
How’d I wind up swimmin’ with the jets?
Not sure, but could be worse
Swimmin’ with the jets, Hickam Beach 2022-12-02
Waipahu Bob 