Brackish Water Blues
Poetic stagnation and lamentation
Blue and black into brown,
Brackish water blues -
Watch me drown.
Bitter, they call me,
But I prefer the term
Salty.
I drift slowly, a body,
A vessel setting out to sea.
But maybe I'll sprout
A tail serpentine
And become a
Melusine.
Once green
Around the gills
In a serene ecosystem
Warmed with light from above,
I am now a blackish hue
Singing my
Brackish water blues.
Song of the siren
I'll sing 'til you drown,
Join me here in the deep,
Deep, deep down.
Static and stagnant,
Listless and lonesome,
A monster unfathomable,
I'll sing for you
My brackish water blues.
Maybe you
Will sing for me
Too?
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Jen Chichester
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Great piece. Very well done.
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