Last Swim

We've had a beautiful warm September and I swam regularly in the Ottawa River from the Britannia Club pier, and from my boat while at anchor.  This week, however, the nights grew cold and its undeniable that summer is over.  Clearly, its time to renew my membership at the swimming pool.

It’s a morning with dew

at six on the clock.

It’s a morning for flannel,

two shirts and wool socks.

The warmth will come later

and by lunch be quite nice.

But summer is over,

soon the lake will be ice.

It’s my strange obsession.

Will this be the day?

Or have I already had,
my last swim in the bay?