Belleau

Photo by Zbysiu Rodak on Unsplash

I’m awake at the tiller
hiding from the sun
beneath the brim of a ball cap
battling a touchy throttle
knuckles white with rope
bathing in underwater bubbles
a cavitating frenzy
stirring the silt of significant lives.
Nine kids laughing lean back
each one an anchor tied to the next.
We were all having fun until you
fell and went under.

© Trapper Markelz 2020

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