aka Seaman’s Choice# revision
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Man So your blood red
Sea Man’s gone
Woman Who are you
to comment on my pain
Man l listened.
it reminded me of mine
of sailors gone
of sailors not
Woman Thin king of, thin king of
two pains do not make a healing
Man can blend
pra duce fabulous colours
the melting
| woman | I am re morse less norse less you are not less not more not mine |
Man I have been lessened
now melting Melding Melisande
a candle
down to stub
don’t bet on infinity
Woman Have you loved long,hard,
and to no visible effect
been dealt love
like I?
Man And more
for less
All my sailors and sailorettes
searching for Atlantis
I am merely be tween ships
Shipless, so to speak
Woman What then
do you have left
as gift
as guile
just a de sci bing
of a smile
Man only the sight
of the horizon
the broken
shards of dawn
and how
like mon soon ery furies
we rage,
but then go on
smelling his salt in my dreams
Woman But I would pause
for only a time
find new ar ma das
for only a time
Man To pause
does that not invite
you to choose
not to choose
for the forseeable again
Woman But I choose
these new
wa ters
and it’s my ship
this time
Man And I watch
Woman As is your choice
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Subtitle Seaman’s Choice-Bob Small-5-23-83
#emendations from
Krisine K. Osbakken
original note; needs some work
sea motif not strong enough
robertthesmall 