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I wish I had a boat For yonder past the bay, on a clear azure painted day Dripping of briny spray - I would float. I'd also likely gloat, Brag and mutter; of the absence of worldly clutter Without disdain I'd utter - an ode soaked note; To the magnificence would wrought this boat. How I've longed to drift To fuse with motion - to sway upon that curved, wavey potion Pondering the notion - of this swelled gift. The answer cometh swift; Took me from the predators, stingers and creditors The lies of the editors - and fractions they rift, Dissolving into moana - they'd sift. All alone with the deep; Of corals a glow under hatchlings of roe, Steadfast in flow; plankton they'd reap, Whilst I'd ponder - my last leap. For one could do worse than a liquid hearse With no curse - dare stalk that steep, And no soul for me - would weep. Sunken then - I'd take this boat For we'd be capsized, that vainly I'd be baptized Blended and disguised; in that ever wide moat. Perhaps I seem the dote, Drastic and careless that I be airless Surely tearless and near full bloat, Perhaps 'tis best; I have no boat.
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Dec 5, 2017
Dec 5, 2017 at 7:33 AM UTC
I wish I had a boat
I wish I had a boat For yonder past the bay, on a clear azure painted day Dripping of briny spray - I would float. I'd also likely gloat, Brag and mutter; of the absence of worldly clutter Without disdain I'd utter - an ode soaked note; To the magnificence would wrought this boat. How I've longed to drift To fuse with motion - to sway upon that curved, wavey potion Pondering the notion - of this swelled gift. The answer cometh swift; Took me from the predators, stingers and creditors The lies of the editors - and fractions they rift, Dissolving into moana - they'd sift. All alone with the deep; Of corals a glow under hatchlings of roe, Steadfast in flow; plankton they'd reap, Whilst I'd ponder - my last leap. For one could do worse than a liquid hearse With no curse - dare stalk that steep, And no soul for me - would weep. Sunken then - I'd take this boat For we'd be capsized, that vainly I'd be baptized Blended and disguised; in that ever wide moat. Perhaps I seem the dote, Drastic and careless that I be airless Surely tearless and near full bloat, Perhaps 'tis best; I have no boat.
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37/M/Australia
Dec 5, 2017
Dec 5, 2017 at 7:33 AM UTC
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