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Heligoland

Story by makyo on SoFurry

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#4 of Poetry

A poem heavily inspired by Lorxus and this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NmrluR4VkY

Too many wine-dark seas need daily traversal,

And here the shipping forecast calls for rain.

The shipping forecast! What a load of bollocks.

You can listen from start to finish

And not hear a single word about how a day will feel.

Or maybe it's a pale, tired, steganography:

Moderate, becoming poor, violent storm 11.

Burning up, drowning, torn by wind, and all I can manage

is to tell you southwest gale 8 to storm 10.

I can point at the moon, exhausted, bored, decaying,

And hope you don't stare blankly at my finger.

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Unimportant Verse 10

I could never tell you that you feel too much. That you feel too hard, or that your feelings overwhelm and overtake you. I could never tell you how beautiful that is. That I wish I could feel those things, that I wish I could feel that way. ...

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Unimportant Verse 9

Tightly wound springs Of very carefully Not touching. Secret words To be said With confidence. Rules. Prohibitions. Limits. Discussions planned, Side-channels arranged, Whiskey purchased. And now anxiety Over what it means And how...

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Unimportant Verse 6

Complementary, clashing anxieties. Dull clamor of intersecting feelings. Need, desire, craving, jealousy. Worry, fear, care, prayerful fretting. Love, lust, friendship, a need to share. Emotions on emotions on emotions, and, often, comfortable...

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