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doryman (a poem)

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doryman (as rodin might have sculpted it)

wondering
what would happen
when two dories
open brine riders
come together in a nor’easter

the boats will swamp in rain and rill
unless one rows and one bails
but the dory’s sides are rounded
the point of contact is small
and who will risk possession

   - O Ceallaigh

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