ashore. 2011

We have landed in the here
As if here always contains the whole world and we know all of the geography
Know when it will trip us up
Or loosen its grip on rocky walls
In fiction
The protagonist wins
After a quick struggle and delight
He drinks his afternoon coffee and
Squabbles with the same men over politics
Who is in who's out
They would do it differently of course
Add another cube of sugar
Tell their wives 


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Here it is not like that

It is not just words
It is getting by another day
With my spirit
Not losing it
to this storm
Who is in the same struggle I am
but still