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drunken ship reversal

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drunken ship reversal



+ in the tight-lipped calendar of passing
   twenty-something nothings
   three possibly maybe’s
   one definitely no-no
   one absolutely impossible
   all waving and cheering
   and tight-lipped me,
   tightly held to the railing
   on an old ocean-liner
   headed for disaster.


   all cheering and waving
   black handkerchiefs
   i’m ordering the first
   of my many last drinks
   (this is not my maiden voyage
   and i know that before dawn comes
   the roles will be reversed
   and this drunken ship will vomit its load
   and i will find myself back
   facing the bar
   thirty-one glasses with cold water to the brim
   aligned in front of me).+





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reversión del barco ebrio



+en los labios apretados de un calendario de paso
   veintitantas nadas
   tres posibles quizás
   un no definitivo
   un imposible absoluto
   todos saludan y gritan
   y yo de labios apretados
   apretando fuerte la barandilla
   sobre un viejo transatlántico
   en curso de desastre.



   todos saludan y agitan
   sus pañuelos negros
   y yo ordeno el primero
   de mis muchos últimos tragos
   (éste no es mi viaje inaugural
   y sé que antes de llegar el día
   los papeles serán revertidos
   y el barco ebrio vomitará su carga
   y me hallaré de regreso
   de cara a la barra
   treintaiún vasos rebosantes de agua fría
   alineados frente a mí).+

+march 20th, 2004.+
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twenty-something nothings
three possibly maybe’s
one definitely no-no
one absolutely impossible

-that was some sexy number usage. I havn't seen any that good since ` MattSpire (formerly dspayre) did it - I forget teh poem.

all waving and cheering

all cheering and waving

-such reluctant and subtle patterning, noticeable only subconsciously at first and partially ignored due to the belief that the consistency is 'just the rhythm.' you enjoy tricking you audience as well, eh? ;)