*
and then
you’re thrown in
our vast
ignorant sea
to swim
or drown
unheard
*
and what else
is there to do
but stumble along
to find a way
to some new space
other than here
other than now
*
and then
without thought
you’re not
as if
you could be
anything
else again
(August 23, 2015)
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