the oggin steel grey

has gotten all lumpy

while years ago

600 below Rich had

a cot on top of a rack

of four fly by wires

on his return sinking a few

i call him a sun dodger

as he calls me a skimmer

don’t miss waves he says

but can feel the drop

of a colder level

all the way down

to the bottom hoping

not to sink into mud

& he cares nothing

for the laments of

this one time skimmer

as we take a trip

on this old tub of a ship

the sun hiding out

waves getting larger

trying to avoid feeling sick

holding onto rails

think i’ll go below i say

hit the hay ride this out

go below? he laughs

i used to do that