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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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