Bottle Note Lied
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When the wind blows strong West
on Currarong Beach,
I love to throw the sea-mail out to sea
in bottles.
I know the wind will carry them out
through the breakers to wherever
the wind, waves and currents take them.
Ten or so I post at once,
with date and place of release
carefully scribed on the note inside.
One time, in January, in a rush to catch the wind
I wrote last year's year on the dates I penned,
unaware I had erred.
Two days later, I received a call.
"Hello, that's amazing!"
"I found your bottle washed up on my beach at Currarong"
"Its found its way back here, after one year at sea"
"That's truly astounding"
Feeling guilty and not wanting
to ruin a good story I kept quiet.
Copyright © John Anderson | Year Posted 2021
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