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genesis-28321	McVeigh, Kayla	Fair Winds and Following Seas	2024	1	.pdf	application/pdf	169	1	-67	114 A maritime phrase for wishing farewell and a safe voyage If goodbyes bleed, so be it Let them chum the waters calling wide-mouthed bullhead sharks Circling blackened seas Fins like sails cutting through the push and pull of tides Let them feed Tooth by tooth, scissoring through flesh Let ships be called to the edge of the world Sinking through deeper shades of navy they are returned Within the depths that keep creatures with little use for eyes If goodbyes cry, have them sing out with shorebirds Let them sound over waves crashing along coastal cliffs that hold speckled eggs Glaucous-winged gulls Flapping above choppy waters, flight caught in stirring winds and skies Let us cry Wing by wing, rising above currents Let tides tumble along the stretches of shoreline Crushing dark green glass, smoothing discarded Heineken bottles In waves, all things exist somewhere between flotsam and found And goodbyes are just tradition for all that lives at sea Kayla McVeigh Fair Winds and Following Seas	cache/genesis-28321.pdf	txt/genesis-28321.txt