Friday, July 08, 2011

Tread Water


I might swim to a country beyond the imagination
If I had the inclination
But I don’t so I won’t
Since the imagination
Will always remain a more palatable destination

9 comments:

Letitia Coyne said...

And there's the sharks. Even imagined horrors are kinder than reality.
Lxx

Anonymous said...

I could lend you my kayak- it's much faster than swimming, though it also makes excellent sharkbait.

Garth said...

Letitia: sheesh! I wasn't even thinking about sharks... now thats all I can think about

Titanium: see... damn sharks again!

designing wally said...

Come along if you care.....

Garth said...

DeeDubya: where to?

Harlequin said...

loved the poem and the photo.... and the crazy rhythm...

Garth said...

harlequin: the photo puts me in mind of Borges' Library of Babel. We dance to that crazy rhythm ;]

Confessions of a Temporal Lobe said...

I really like how you
lined up
the words in the sentence

I also enjoyed the words very much.

sheagoli said...

where is this image from? it's really great..

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