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Jan 2015
Do you know what I am?

A siren--
Destined to tip the boat,
Pull you off,
And watch you sink:
Drowning.

I want the attention
And the glory
Of being the unbroken one.

But watching you fall
Makes me shiver beneath my feathers.

Instead I let you swim for the shore.
Naupathia: Seasickness
Aeya Jean Johnson
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Aeya Jean Johnson  Sipping Cocoa in the Rain
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