pacific_ocean
ovenbird
We
are
divers–seekers
of
depth, collectors
of
bone
.
The
Pacific
Ocean
is
a
graveyard
worth
robbing.
We
point
our
faces
to
the
trenches
and
let
the
weight
of
water
crush
air
from
our
lungs
.
We
pull
whale
skeletons
from
the
deeps,
bones
the
boards
that
made
a
home
for
the
largest
hearts
to
live
in
.
I
clutch
a
rib crusted
with
barnacles
of
dark
meat
. Hunks
of
fat
and
combs
of
keratin
come
loose
and
sink
to
the
sand
.
We
are
too
far
gone
to
feel
the
sun
,
but
we
look
to
where
we
know
it
hangs
in
a
world
that
isn’t
water
,
and
push
towards
the
promise
of
photons
and
heat
enough
to
reach
our
marrow.
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