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| Under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Field Research Facility pier, Duck, NC |
sail up the beach,
angled toward the vanishing point,
the scribed horizon, the next moment,
the continuous future,
under a sliding sky, low and gray,
in opposition to the sea wind.
Soon I will start the truck
and drive five hundred miles
into the hills.
I will carry my heart in my body
over bridges and through shadowy tunnels.
Someday I will let it go again,
like a kite.
