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BARGES

Hulks held down by mooring ropes
beached as the tide slips out
down the estuary

something to watch and do nothing about
though they don't care
as the hawsers tighten further

as if they will sudenly
rear up and kick an invisible keeper
who is stronger than they

and will merely remind them
of this act of futility while
their utter stillness begs defiance

silent unmoveable anarchy
sat on a flat sand bar
they will wait for water to float

fat flat hulls and renew
some sense of free movement -
not made for the high seas

their willingness to slow sail
the stuary is acceptable
dumb humbleness and remember

there are people like this
who are mere carriers for the
Queen of Egypt and others of her kind.



bw
James


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