Bob Carr

Issue #
11
March 24, 2019

The Boat that Takes Me

Blanket my body
in the hull of red canoe

Lay its heavy head
on a needled pillow of pine

Suck the cold knob
of Adam’s apple –

Say goodbye
Misting foot against

a bone boat
adrift in memory

A hand clutches
the trim of a gun

metal dock
Silent trigger

not so hard to push
off after all –

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