Three men are pulling
at the starboard oar,
the man I am and was
and the man I'll be.
The boat sails
to a blind horizon.Who's pulling on the port side oar
that keeps our course straight?
Pull as we may
We’re kept from turningto port or starboard by that
invisible oarsman.
'Crew' by Norman MacCaig.
August 1985
3 comments:
I like a good marine metaphor, too.
I think I know but I wish I knew for sure.
The river.
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