from "The Pond":

You Spend Most of the Day in the Pond
I Haven't Done Everything I've Wanted
I Begin a New Life as Someone Else

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You spend most of the day in the pond.
Every time you blink your eyelashes fall out
and then quickly grow back.
I spend all day collecting them.
They're what I make boats out of.
We like to ride bikes and fly kites together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I haven't done everything I've wanted.
I haven't made one of those Viking ships
with a dragon on the bow.
I haven't raided Europe.
I told you I would build an airport
but I am going to have to build two.
I'm just going to sit here
in this boat
on this pond
and make some holes
for your arms to come up through.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I begin a new life as someone else.
I am a baby at first
then I grow to be very old
and when I die
there is no one to bury me.
It is foggy and quiet.
A pushed-over tree.
Black birds hanging from strings.
A pond.
A beeping sound.