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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​Part 2. 
shipwrecksandbound

it snows once 
onhigh and 
waters the year

the tourist
blowhole 
wholesailinghere

over mydead 
the doubloons 
the disaster 

they a door 
tofish I pray 
to eat forayer 

tableau at which 
to sit to gorge
a witch 

prayed for our 
founder 
ing amyth 

a shipwreck the 
namesake as
a plague 

outoftowner 
I can’t hunt 
is a plague 

my beach is a 
plague the 
waves genteel 

gently ruin
my rest 
sightseer 

these visitors 
float over 
the rot the os 

ossifying holds 
of vessels 
they coff

as they chew on 
wreckage they 
unpoison 

myfish onlyfor 
their 
addiction

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Part 1.

shipwrecktravelbrochure

the shipbell
crows:
feast you on
feastyourson
who are you
to call me
content
who are you
to call
me please
mal
con

tent upon
white
sansandy
alit sanity items:
jewelry washed up
on shore no
bodies no wrist no neck
a bracelet hernecklace

ship wreckless
abundantdetritus craft
left behind only tosmoke
left behind smoke
althoughalthough
you were born wise
wiseand youryour
foolishness was
learned

leashed earned
lashed on to amast for
seven for sevenfor
seven to ten lean days
cooked by the stars

by the sea theshell the shores
the water past the nose
under the eyes the eyes
protected in the water
that’s inspire into ated

I have arranged tomeet toolate rid
of in the depths too late to drown
intotocall out the names
in rhymes the clanging hours
of the unfeted
thedrowned the drowned
thedrownedthedrowned

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53.
primerealestate

whitemarbel
foyer suitor
house tosale
whitemarble
allhail
white mabel
dwelled here
queened here

hadguns
hadatalent
for influence

earnest money only
honestly honey said
from her study

under high ceilings
for pondering a
wretch’s fate
the dismay
proportionate
to the rate the
rate the
rate of delay

what wasrendered
across studded
counter
offers tips tops
her sons name
the brute
at her side
the boot
converted
forceably

roomto grow
the business the
business of people
the steeple across

the face the road the
bridge of the nose
a casual nod from
white mabel and

this could be
yours apply
pressure
appliances
inclusive privilege
talk it

talk
it
over

white mabel
lived here and she
took good care
to keep her head

above the shit
above the endless
pleasure the pathetic

leisurely pursuits
I have papers
I have papers
I have papers
that you’ll sign

if you want
interest low
in the ground
where what white
mabel planted
seethes in the ground
while mayflies
buzzaround the
carmineplasteredhalls
vermillioncoloredwalls

can still hearwails
wails herboys wail
whilst the pale the pall

pallbearers
begged for
the joy of
bearingwhitemabel
to a new home
so this one
can be
yours
andyours
alone

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primerealestate

whitemarbel
foyer suitor
house tosale
whitemarble
allhail
white mabel
dwelled here
queened here

hadguns
hadatalent
for influence

earnest money only
honestly honey said
from her study

under high ceilings
for pondering a
wretch’s fate
the dismay
proportionate
to the rate the
rate the
rate of delay

what wasrendered
across studded
counter
offers tips tops
her sons name
the brute
at her side
the boot
converted
forceably

roomto grow
the business the
business of people
the steeple across

the face the road the
bridge of the nose
a casual nod from
white mabel and

this could be
yours apply
pressure
appliances
inclusive privilege
talk it

talk
it
over

white mabel
lived here and she
took good care
to keep her head

above the shit
above the endless
pleasure the pathetic

leisurely pursuits
I have papers
I have papers
I have papers
that you’ll sign

if you want
interest low
in the ground
where what white
mabel planted
seethes in the ground
while mayflies
buzzaround the
carmineplasteredhalls
vermillioncoloredwalls

can still hearwails
wails herboys wail
whilst the pale the pall

pallbearers
begged for
the joy of
bearingwhitemabel
to a new home
so this one
can be
yours
andyours
alone

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