i’m sorry i shouted at you
i had no right (you told me darkly)
i sailed my disgrace through the reef of shame
but hadn’t we kissed at the blushing jetty?
was that just another tidal skeeting?
another day with nothing inside
yet hope still dabbed behind each ear
i’ve seen mermaids depart for other shores before
speaking wakes of dismantled devotion
i hope we prove to be the exception
once more in our summer of discontent
again we list sadly into fall apart
to become a sail’s wintry afterthought
but didn’t our lungs evolve for screaming
for when choppy waters beset us?
by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2021
unbolt me 
maybe some day you’ll just relax and let it out . . . just kidding (wink-wink) this is too great for words. Cheers!
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Ah, to relax… Now there’s a trick I haven’t learned yet. Thanks for reading, my friend! 😀
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This is just awesome!
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Thank you, Maria! 🙂
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Isn’t that the actor who plays Sherlock Holmes ?
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Depends which actor… 😛
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I’ll give an enthusiastic second on the love of “but didn’t our lungs evolve for screaming?” Great work!
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Thank you, good sir! Much appreciated! 🙂
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Dismantled devotion is so inexplicably vivid that I feel like it has a private hyperlink just for me. Well done, as always.
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Thank you so much, Masa. I am secretly a little proud of that line. 🙂
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Ah excelent work!
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Thank you, Fraggle! 😀
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Great poem ☺☺
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Fanx, Vinay! 😀
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It’s my pleasure😌😌
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Lovely lines in this piece. Keep it up.
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I absolutely will! Thank so much! 🙂
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Heyy great poem. “once more in our summer of discontent
again we list sadly into fall apart
to become a sail’s wintry afterthought” this was wonderful 🙂 Take care and keep writing
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Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed this! 😀
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My favorite lines: another day with nothing inside it. And, didn’t our lungs evolve for screaming? 🥰 I hope you have a beautiful Friday, my friend. I really enjoy your posts.
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Thanks so much! I am really very pleased that you enjoyed my little poem! 😀
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