Sunday, December 11, 2022

15,851. YES, I CAN SAIL

YES, I CAN SAIL
And if I can, that means I will. The
ends of the landsman's long rope will
no longer tie me down. I will have
tasted Freedom, and Death, again.
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I've been there before : crushed by
6 tons of engine-steel, a wallowing
crevice that took me in. Blood and
muscle. Crushed, not hushed.
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Little leave-taking is left. I'll doff my
hat and say so-long. Like my Grandma
used to say: 'Never say good-bye, always
say so long.'

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