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The next three
poems are all about

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living in a very rainy
and foggy climate.

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The third was written in
Tucson after an escape

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from rainy, foggy climates.

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This is called Atlantis.

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Our new house isn't steady.

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I feel water below the floors.

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When we sleep I think it rises
slowly through the cracks.

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I'm afraid it's the ocean,
for I found salt on the walls.

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When it reaches
our windows, we'll

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cut gills into each
other's throats,

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just like our neighbors,
then bend our heads

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into our new element,
a mile below the sun.

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I think we may carry an
umbrella for the first year

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against the immense
pressure of waves.

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We'll even tap the shells until
tiny air bubbles float out

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toward the surface, which we'll
imagine bright with ships.

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I'll describe all the clouds I
remember trying not to notice

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how seaweed tangles in my hair.

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We'll dream ourselves on earth.

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When you point to the sun,
I'll watch your blurred face,

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your eyes closing with disuse.

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I won't tell you that the shadow
floating above us is a whale.

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I'm turning dark and strange.