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one devastating line of verse
I seek always, to wreck your ship

reverse of what pirates were up to
it is against pirates, against piracy
that I write

ships to wreck, of who have plundered,
leaving with valuables

women upon the shore weeping
for what they’ve lost

my poems like lassos
about escaping steer
to rope them in, to get them back
to get back what is getting away

I write poems to save the day


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
8:09 p.m. 21/09/07