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Float

My drinks enticing and sweet
On a chair in the middle of the street
My little floaters been dinged
Toiling waves the edges singed
The wood alive with roaring flame
Waters pulsing like a broiling brain
The cars flow downriver like syrup
I float on my raft with an empty cup

My chair can't sink among the heat
Since it's not the damn drivers seat
So I travel the world and surf 
My cup will never touch any turf
Arms reach out from the ocean waves
They hold tight, the current fails

They want saltless delight im sure
I lift the parasol, sugar is the cure
I reach down and share the fluid
The current takes it, people included
It's no matter, I can surf without it
So I crouch on the boards and sit
Then lie and bask in the sun
And even the hands cant ruin the fun

They still reach and pin me
From below the board they see
Grab my cup and take it
I laugh and spit
I let them take it where it belongs
Bubbling under the wooden walls

And I still have the suns fire
It extinguishes the waters pyre
The lapping waves cant burn 
My raft of wood will never turn

Everything is so warm and free
As long as my drink is lifting me

Copyright © Ember Waters | Year Posted 2025

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