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Lightboat<br />
ANDREW DUGAN<br />
I’ll hold this place<br />
for you while we<br />
wait out the squall.<br />
I’ll be here<br />
as the waves<br />
become needles<br />
rising over the gunwale<br />
that inject cold<br />
and salt and alone.<br />
I want you warm<br />
while I keep the growing<br />
swells at bay. I’ll wait<br />
for some wandering bark<br />
to pass by and listen<br />
for news of you, for I have<br />
lost the use of my eyes.<br />
I burn dimly through<br />
mist and hold the ocean<br />
floor with huge arms<br />
anchored by long fingers.<br />
A hermit crab has taken<br />
up residence in the scar<br />
near my elbow from ages<br />
ago when I could still<br />
bend it. Do you notice<br />
as you pass? Do you see<br />
these arms when you dive<br />
down? Do you know<br />
where I am when<br />
the sun returns?<br />
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