outside afghanistan
it’s not explainable
be it fish or fowl
or alien invasion
so many miles
from the shoreline
out on the lake
I saw it unfolding
in slow motion
like a weather event
swiftly moving in
how none of the
witnesses rememberedOUT
a thing is baffling
leaving me on the inside
refusing to look out
from what I hear
I’ve made the short list
but now I’m absent
far removed from the sea
& probably landlocked
september two thousand twenty-one
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