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Tonight's Poet Corner: Man Overboard

Man Overboard by Belinda Roddie Soon enough they'll dredge my body out of the salty harbor scrubbing my bone clean of the stinging debris stripping the fibers of the sea from my teeth My eyes scream for second sight If they're not careful I'll sink again into the muddy waves and the currents will carry my shadow from the canal to the docks, and I will paint my silhouette across every white sail of ships squatting in their communal circle discussing the schedule for next week over bread crumbs and seagulls' shrieks The noise will be pronounced enough to revive me from my listless stupor I promise that if you give me a trident I will become a brand new underwater god rather than the sad husk of seaweed-stained humanity strewn across the driftwood-clogged shore, where children dig their claws into the sand to find food, and dogs sniff at my thinning hair with no desire to howl for help

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