—: ‘she’ll stay in the sea’ —[

   seeing does irreparable damage]

although a person impossibly

   revisits or reveals some

aggressive healing
what we did not see

      <who     the strongest>

the eye or cease to focus or ‘peer intensely’
how a ratio of mortality was

determined what did

the ice bath remind you of was

it like being awake forever or accessing

limits 
how many chemical reactions

could your body ignore?
the perils tasted heavenly

were     like tender fruit

watch! surfaces! break!

        <71m, Dahab>
some body parts last

longer than others




mostly peaceful now

   with

command and practice
        <who is the strongest one>

& then not a real question
the remains:

a rope a record

a right-hand man a

round of applause

a right cry in the air a

real fine thing a ranch

a rotten

              deck
                                        <one>




like how she said like how ‘time

pours into me’/remained missing

   records     reading of static apnea

mythic barrier

a monofin
‘when you play with the ocean…’

when you play

she’ll stay in the sea

<who     the strongest>




this is a voice i do not want

to own or even hear
moisturiser   dispensed

by the kilogram and the

skin around my deltoids

needs some caressing
the metre once my friend

today, I discard it.