more than once
you were hospitalized
because of it
pretty common, i hear
during the navy years
those chemicals and paints
used on the trawlers
the last time
you laid on the beach
drank saltwater
flushed your system
it poured from your pores
you held my hand so tightly
some kind of desperate effort
i swear
had i lit a match
you'd have exploded
yes
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