Tuesday, January 15, 2013

The Death of a Sailor

The Death of a Sailor

Drowning,
I flounder about
for something to grasp,
some rotting flotsam
or the buoyant body
of another.
Waves crash
all around,
the seas shouting
with a blind fury
to float anywhere else
or just die already.

I consider the second option
thoroughly.

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