Vacation-Permanent

Floating forward in the water
I let the lake absorb my face

Exhaling a few bubbles
I sink below the surface

For seconds, dozens of seconds, a minute or more
My heart has slowed to a tempo all but forgotten

Maybe I could hold my breath for another minute
Maybe I could hold my breath forever

Maybe

Added August 26, 2003
By Eddie "Wood" O'Neil


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