Jack by Judy Johnson

Author:Judy Johnson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781741985603
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia

The Bends

I’m forty-five,

my lungs have had it.

What the hell am I doing

still diving?

I’m only down a few fathoms

when I start to feel the old symptoms.

A nest of hot ants is squabbling

in my chest

and I’m starting to sweat.

I can hear the cluk clak

of the compressor above

but there’s a brick wall

between me

and a good breath of air.

The edges of light

start to fray.

Just before I slip away,

Ted floats up

and I think

you’ve come a long way, old son

with half your face gone.

A quarter moon of teeth

with no mouth

to hold them in place

grins at me

through the helmet glass.

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