Fugitive Atlas by Khaled Mattawa

Author:Khaled Mattawa [Mattawa, Khaled]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 2020-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

INTO THE SEA

Barely out of the jetty, the boat rises

with every wave, and from the back

two or three fall into the sea.

At sunset the boat starts to lose

air, fills with water, mothers

and babies fall into the sea.

One side stays afloat. We cling

to a rope, water up to our bellies

and people fall into the sea.

All night we grip and bleed.

Rain so cold, waves five stories high.

If only I could fall into the sea.

Sunrise, a helicopter. I find

a red shirt, wave it to them.

They watch us fall into the sea.

They fling a small inflatable boat.

I am too weak to reach it.

Others try and fall into the sea.

A cargo boat throws a rope

to get us on board. Alive at last,

and we still fall into the sea.

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