Float

The vanity
Of manatee
Between the salt and air
Never getting anywhere, just...
...floating there

I spent a Summer
In the South
Within the mouth
Of a bay
I went out to sea
With a manatee
Nearly everyday

It saw me
As I saw it
A creature on the ride
From somewhere past
To nowhere forward
From lived
To mostly died

So float we did
I and it
And stare and think and die
How much longer will we live
If we use this sea
To lie

1. https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/w9mj6y/comment/ihxhgqu/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

2. https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/w94zti/comment/ihxignj/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3