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drowning 2
how strange it is for a man
who loves the sea
to go down on her
unwillingly
cruelly and in contempt
of the laws
of hospitality
gagging, sputtering, gasping
a seaman´s life if passing
straining, struggling, grasping
with every breath he´s passing
a life lived on her bounty
in a second
put on trial
a life weighed and found wanting
then (s)he begins to fill
with water water everywhere
she bids him come
and drink
with all her wares before him
he kneel (s) he takes-and-eats
there´s a point he stops
to struggle
there´s a point he begins to know
the deeper meaning
of her yielding
the deeper truth she is
concealing
a final second of burning
revelation
then everything is still
