Barracuda<\/strong><\/p>\n

Face down in the cool seas of some heaven,
\narmoured in the faint moonlight on our skin,
\nour spines faced the flicker of hot stars. In
\nmid-drift we found barracuda. Seven
\nswords hovered like birds of prey in the shreds
\nof shadow, between rubble and long weeds.
\nStumbling among the pack, we watched them feed
\nan ancient hunger. We watched. We shuddered
\nat the buoyant flesh, how the red clouds spread,
\nspelled and natured their ferocious intake.
\nThey swam against us before we could shake
\nthe paralysis they placed in our heads. Dread
\nwas a comb of teeth, a dark eye, the shape
\nof their display, the seas of heaven, the dead.<\/p>\n

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\nGhost Ship<\/strong><\/p>\n

The familiar smell of bait has drifted.
\nThe house is not a graveyard
\nand she cries in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

Her child has spoken
\nagain; he’s taken the ship
\nfrom its cabinet, showing it,<\/p>\n

pointing out impressive details.
\nBut the tackle’s become cutlasses.
\nPort holes, since then, are cannon chutes.<\/p>\n

The ship is not a graveyard,
\nand tears are in the kitchen.
\nThe smell has drifted. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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