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Water of Life

What difference to me
Is the source of the pain,
From an ancient salt ocean
Or a pool of spring rain.

The clever deceptions
Of color, grace and form
Veil the singular predations
Of a savage, feeding swarm.

From deadly microbe
To frenzied piranha,
Shocking my tingler to
The Great White Flick O' Rama.

The water of life shall be
The death of me this year.
Coincidentally, it is ice that soothes
My puffy, red jellyfish tears.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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June 12, 2016 at 12:31 AM
Love the nature of how you describe water in this expertly written poem, Tom...excellent, a 7 :)
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June 12, 2016 at 12:57 AM
Thanks, Laura. I can't seem to grasp the popularity of this minor piece; but, I'm not complaining. :-)
Quigley Avatar
April 22, 2016 at 7:01 PM
Wonderful images and engaging ambiguity...so many things it could be...
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April 21, 2016 at 11:53 AM
Sad (yet clever) way of expressing the water of life... LINDA
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April 21, 2016 at 1:34 PM
I think I might prefer pure, untouched moon-water (see "Wet Moon").... ;-)
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