For: The Xavier Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Matt Caliri
March 22, 2026
My life changed forever after Xavier told me the following… He has a wooden boat check carefully for termites and dry rot before he takes you out upon the waters of the lake. Is a slow leak better than a fast fill and submerging dead is dead but do you want to agonize the inevitable? Find a spot of sunshine even when hopelessness is near, warmth is sanguine you will still die but perhaps you won’t mind …as much.
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