R.L. Swihart
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Quelle

The sea was off the map

The island lay beyond
the horizon

Daylight obscured
the path
to the crescent shore

No ordinal was attached
to the wave

The white foam
left its traces on the sand

The bottle was neither
blue nor green

Its message dissolved
in my hands


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