Shipwreck
Part 8: adifferentdoldrum

the main
taker 
whose cruel
thumbsnaps 

the head 
roaster
roasts a lot 
of heads 

hediscard

discovered 
a late 
discovered 
element
a late 
ailmentan 

attribute of
a tribute in 
the naming 
to the color
of a vessel 
halfburied
unrained
within 

upon the
the men
who ate
who ate 
bits of rope

wear
upon them
women who
never saw
the sea
from a ship

or blue 
through
the cords
the cables

the sails 
unrecorded 
by theswan 

featherpen 
inclined
toward 
the cataract
moon

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​Part 7.
shipwreck: entada rheedii

the stranded
the promenaded
the letters interred
to grow a pebbled
coastal vine

families rended
by a boat
a boot appraised
the sales salt
dispersed put
ashore placed
ashore wracked and

deprived of the
of a daughter’s
suddenheight

home far from home
I see a family of four
far from home
the most basic
of vessels to
drink deep from

the temporary villagers
the wisdom dowagers
the fatal fortune tellers

shipriven beached
economies doomed
to wonder doomed
to wander amid
ship the muddy
footprint that stops

at the verge
at the boarding
chaos the galley
the gallery viewed
as exhibit as item:

the ancient painting
of a pig kept
secret in a cave

the tourists want
to see to see

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​Part 6.
shipwreck: sandrift

comprisedof
marine snow
marinesnow
over burnished
manandbones

abird close to
closedto the
water the
softness of
thedeep
howdeep

howprofound
the marine snow
the gorging
marine snow
eats in aphotia
we’ll call outland

seabird dissolved
atomized the drift
the layers that
rise to and
fill the abyss

the peregrination
of feathers from
the sea air to
the seagrip to
the seasvertices
to the undepth
of dusty ocean

an easement
a permission
the limitless
cistern there
is nothing dead
there but movers
thatrange there
amid the plumes

the stirrings
longed toward from
this scuttled ship
this clamorous coast
this cluttered land

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​Part 5.
Shipwreck: beachstrollexplainer

thatman
is a colonizer

he says nonono
a categorizer

butshe
doesn’t
need
himto
survive

so he points
to the sand:

helooks for:
beasts that
swim
beasts that
run
beasts that
work

they must
must work

mememe I’m only
idle I’m idleonly

because I need energy

energy to
hunt and
to graze

I’ll do both
I’ll do what’s

necessary
I came
aboard

a fluyt was
waslaunched
came off the
boatso

who’s dancing

who has
the time to
promenade
now who
has the

time to
perambulate
now who
has the

time now
who who
who

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​Part 4
Shipwreck: doubledutchtradeship

squirrel up a leg
squirrel up a leg

itwas
strong
they laughed
they laughed
but hewas
strong

I couldn’t get
it off me
the neighbors
were laughing
they were on
their lawn
chairs the
neighbors
were laughing

I heard
them laugh
heard
them laugh
although
although
they are
onnext
because I
couldn’t fling
it away
far enough

whatbecameoftherats
therats on the boat
therats on the boat
therats on the boat
whatbecameoftherats
therats on the boat

theybecame
thesquirrels
thesquirrels
onthe beach
thesquirrels
thesquirrels
thesquirrels
onthe beach

that we fed
so they became
sostrong
became sostrong
became sostrong
which we
should have
known known
allalong
allalong

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​Part 3.
shipwrecksandscope

I.
they cope
somehow
I imagine

them
coping
somewhere
across

the sea
with string
and a book

II.
howdo
the irish
cope
howdo
the swiss
cope

howdo
how do
howdo

III.
hey I call
from the
beach
hey I call
to your
beach
hey
heyhey
hey

IIII.
a galaxy
of sand

is a
stupid

way to
think

IIIII.
these tourists and their
fishsticks
these tourists and their
fishsticks
these turrets and their
gunsticks
these tourists and their
gunsticks

IIIIII.
it’s like
they have
robbed my
daughter
of of of

these
travelers
these
passers by

have taken
what’s hers
her food

that was
furnished
her so

I have
cursed
their
return
home

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