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Swimming Lessons

Brad Buchanan

Surviving water means ducking under
the surface tension to teach your breath
to accept the need for interruption,
acquainting yourself with the transparent
repulsion of depth. You see, death is patient;
as long as you can arch your back,
spread your arms, relax, and kick
for the least resistant pool of light,
you will never quite swallow it whole,
no matter how much you may drink,
shiver, complain, or howl with fright.
All you need to leave behind
is your sense that the heaviest thing
in the world is a single human soul;
drowning here means refusing to fall.



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