Walking Across The Atlantic
Read 'Walking Across The Atlantic' by 'Billy Collins' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.
Walking Across The Atlantic by Billy Collins
I wait for the holiday crowd to clear the beach
before stepping onto the first wave.
Soon I am walking across the Atlantic
thinking about Spain,
checking for whales, waterspouts.
I feel the water holding up my shifting weight.
Tonight I will sleep on its rocking surface.
But for now I try to imagine what
this must look like to the fish below,
the bottoms of my feet appearing, disappearing.
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