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The Sea the Sea
Olivia McMahon
I like being by the sea
watching its ins and outs
its changing colours
the way it gets ruffled suddenly
works itself into a right frenzy
and then calms down again
as if nothing had happened.
I don't much like being on the sea in a little boat
I'm either bored
or terrified -
the placid companion turned lout.
And I don't care for being in the sea -
I swim to-and-fro
forever checking the bottom with a toe
never bold enough to swim out.
But gazing from my director's chair
sipping a Gin and T I love the sea
and I have the feeling
that the sea loves me.
