“Guido’s Dreams” by Eric Shaffer<\/p><\/div>\n

swim forward<\/strong><\/p>\n

i know a man
\nwho swims backward,
\nbeneath copper waves
\nengaged in
\nforced resistance
\nreturns to a woeful
\npast,<\/p>\n

i choose to swim
\nforward
\nbeneath copper waves
\nengaged in
\nforced resistance
\ncarving out new
\nspace in a garden of
\nwater<\/p>\n

watch us both arrive<\/p>\n

~ markk<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

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