# a full morning of hiking photographing flora and fauna to the north of campus one was ready to call it a day approaching the end of the cypress trail close to the parking lot suddenly the looming prospect of lunch but one stopped short a new rainbow of colour instead of merely the old black water of the imposing memory of one's stomach across the still expanse of the swamp a bright prism of colour spread smoothly the calm colorful water punctuated by cypress trees and long shadows enhancing the overall scene // republic of bob