Christopher Heffernan

 

though there

is no water

 

here

on the sidewalk

 

and

certainly

no boat

 

here

on this sidewalk

 

(all of us

standing in whisky

clusters

 

or

sitting on the curb

with cigarettes)

 

the word

shipwrecked

 

!

 

!  !

 

(!shipwrecked!)

 

keeps

going through my mind

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