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Cement is Setting On The Furling Sails Of My Ship

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Tree Langdon
Jan 26, 2024
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brown galleon ship on deck
Photo by Cezary Kukowka on Unsplash

My mind drifts.

Thoughts disperse in tiny cuts
as the whip licks its lips.

Memories break away
in large grey chunks of ice
and crash into the sea
sinking out of sight.

I l…

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