Out of Their Depths
Mind has got deep -
lake deep, the kind of depth
that is too dark for shallow eyes.
There are bodies yoyoing
up and down in that deep
you can see them
by the light of a full glass of moon.
Are they the faces of dead fish
airless now in a skyless water?
Are they the remnants of rotting boats
floating gradually to shore
to be broken rafts for the dreaming?
They surface one finger-nail at a time,
their mouths always underwater
long pale legs dangling.
The buoyed-up,
what are they doing,
what revealing?
Are they the casting lines and hooks
are they fishing
are they?
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2022
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