Part 3.shipwrecksandscope

​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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