Farewell Sea Turtle

"...So between them love did shine,
That the turtle saw his right
Flaming in the phoenix' sight;
Either was the other's mine..."*

yesterday, the Ex found this huge, beautiful sea turtle, maybe a loggerhead, who had crawled up on a beach in Staten Island and died. It is not a great cause for sadness, because, given his size, the turtle must have lived a long and turtle-full life, and it was probably time for him to die. Anyway tears aren't worth much in the ocean, because it's made of the same stuff. But this turtle was an awesome creature, and remains so, even decomposing. May he find his phoenix (or she, hers).

(excerpted from "The Phoenix and the Turtle" by Shakespeare, which is really about a turtle dove.