Proximity

We were looking down on a big pile of these sea lions on the small kayak platform off the main dock. They bark and roar and sneeze and carry on as they jockey for position-- an ungodly music echoing off the cave of the wharf. Lots of baring of teeth, biting and snarling. Some sleep through the entire ruckus, lovingly entwined. But that is a human speaking; it is just as likely to be a random arrangement of flippers.