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1 | riptide | ||
2 | of | ||
3 | memory | ||
4 | inside | ||
5 | of | ||
6 | my | ||
7 | memory | ||
8 | the | ||
9 | poem | ||
10 | is | ||
11 | another | ||
12 | memory | ||
13 | the | ||
14 | air | ||
15 | up | ||
16 | here | ||
17 | is | ||
18 | thin | ||
19 | but | ||
20 | the | ||
21 | wind | ||
22 | blows | ||
23 | harder | ||
24 | than | ||
25 | anywhere | ||
26 | else | ||
27 | i | ||
28 | know | ||
29 | it | ||
30 | threatens | ||
31 | to | ||
32 | rip | ||
33 | my | ||
34 | body | ||
35 | away | ||
36 | like | ||
37 | an | ||
38 | angel | ||
39 | of | ||
40 | death | ||
41 | to | ||
42 | the | ||
43 | stars | ||
44 | in | ||
45 | arizona | ||
46 | i | ||
47 | thought | ||
48 | i | ||
49 | would | ||
50 | forget | ||
51 | the | ||
52 | rain | ||
53 | forget | ||
54 | its | ||
55 | sound | ||
56 | on | ||
57 | a | ||
58 | roof | ||
59 | like | ||
60 | a | ||
61 | hard | ||
62 | wind | ||
63 | forget | ||
64 | its | ||
65 | smell | ||
66 | like | ||
67 | a | ||
68 | far | ||
69 | away | ||
70 | ocean | ||
71 | luckily | ||
72 | for | ||
73 | me | ||
74 | it | ||
75 | rains | ||
76 | here | ||
77 | luckily | ||
78 | because | ||
79 | i | ||
80 | forget | ||
81 | too | ||
82 | easily | ||
83 | in | ||
84 | a | ||
85 | dream | ||
86 | my | ||
87 | father | ||
88 | is | ||
89 | caught | ||
90 | by | ||
91 | a | ||
92 | riptide | ||
93 | off-shore | ||
94 | he's | ||
95 | pulled | ||
96 | far | ||
97 | out | ||
98 | far | ||
99 | enough | ||
100 | that | ||
101 | the | ||
102 | shoreline's | ||
103 | a | ||
104 | line | ||
105 | in | ||
106 | his | ||
107 | memory | ||
108 | on | ||
109 | the | ||
110 | horizon | ||
111 | i | ||
112 | can | ||
113 | see | ||
114 | him | ||
115 | swimming | ||
116 | hand | ||
117 | over | ||
118 | hand | ||
119 | pulling | ||
120 | his | ||
121 | small | ||
122 | weight | ||
123 | back | ||
124 | to | ||
125 | land | ||
126 | i | ||
127 | see | ||
128 | him | ||
129 | as | ||
130 | another | ||
131 | shipwreck | ||
132 | victim | ||
133 | coughing | ||
134 | sand | ||
135 | and | ||
136 | seawater | ||
137 | beard | ||
138 | woven | ||
139 | with | ||
140 | seaweed | ||
141 | i | ||
142 | see | ||
143 | him | ||
144 | laying | ||
145 | there | ||
146 | a | ||
147 | long | ||
148 | time | ||
149 | i | ||
150 | see | ||
151 | all | ||
152 | this | ||
153 | as | ||
154 | he | ||
155 | tells | ||
156 | me | ||
157 | the | ||
158 | story | ||
159 | years | ||
160 | later | ||
161 | the | ||
162 | riptide | ||
163 | only | ||
164 | a | ||
165 | ghost | ||
166 | in | ||
167 | his | ||
168 | memory | ||
169 | i | ||
170 | only | ||
171 | a | ||
172 | child | ||
173 | falling | ||
174 | asleep | ||
175 | my | ||
176 | mother's | ||
177 | making | ||
178 | mayonnaise | ||
179 | rolls | ||
180 | in | ||
181 | the | ||
182 | kitchen | ||
183 | a | ||
184 | recipe | ||
185 | i'll | ||
186 | send | ||
187 | for | ||
188 | years | ||
189 | later | ||
190 | in | ||
191 | arizona | ||
192 | in | ||
193 | the | ||
194 | monsoon | ||
195 | season | ||
196 | when | ||
197 | my | ||
198 | thirst | ||
199 | pulls | ||
200 | me | ||
201 | back | ||
202 | home | ||
203 | my | ||
204 | memory's | ||
205 | lonesome | ||
206 | twinkle | ||
207 | like | ||
208 | stars | ||
209 | above | ||
210 | the | ||
211 | mountains | ||
212 | i'll | ||
213 | send | ||
214 | for | ||
215 | it | ||
216 | and | ||
217 | try | ||
218 | to | ||
219 | make | ||
220 | them | ||
221 | but | ||
222 | in | ||
223 | the | ||
224 | thin | ||
225 | air | ||
226 | they'll | ||
227 | crumble | ||
228 | into | ||
229 | dust | ||
230 | like | ||
231 | desert | ||
232 | air | ||
233 | like | ||
234 | a | ||
235 | memory | ||