Drop Me Off
Drop me off on an island
where coconuts dangle sweetly.
Where the ghost of lost love
pirouettes on a moon-kissed beach
A hut made of palm leaves is all that's needed
A jug band with a chorus of gulls
and blue crabs on the strings.
Drop me off on an island
away from war and abortion.
where golden fillets
glitter delightfully on palm leaf plates.
Shadows slide over shoals
fanning silver-edged chapters
to the drum beat of gentle fates.
Drop me off on an island before it's too late
before my soul turns gull-throated white
where the stars etch the years
into the heart of the loneliest night.
had my fill of wildfires and goblins
Drop me off on an island
the furthest one from the mainland.
Far from the wreckage of man's
bloody muzzled carnival ride.
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