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Pirate

Pirate

she was afraid

of the sea

native to land

at the edge

she would stand

sunken toe

and watch the grains

pull away

like meat from a bone

seat in sand

a distant cry

decades later

her body

ablaze

sent to sea

little boy

seat in sand

counting stars

saw a glimmer

wondered what

felt a tug

sudden rush

son of the sea

land was not

for he

decades later

his body

 tanned

pull away

boat

in his eye

a glimmer

TL

Published inTamiko Lowery