Naming the Boat

Giving things meaning
Only about as powerful
As attempting to remain
meaningless
Hard to do
But easy to digest

The lack of definition
In a photograph
Making us wonder
If it happened at all
And if we couldn't just
Jump in
And see for ourselves
Those portions of our character
Like so many pounds of meat
Being stripped
Cleaned
Thrown back to sea
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9.10.12