A Slow Circle by mdbrantingham

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poetry · @mdbrantingham · Apr 16 '18 (edited)

$23.64

A Slow Circle

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<p>Sitting in the proud old boat<br>
Of creaking boards<br>
A single oar<br>
A weekend sacrificed entire<br>
From morning’s dark ‘til dusk shall fall<br>
So early?<br>
This is when they bite, boy!<br>
Indentured to a father’s father’s fantasy<br>
Obligation recommended by affiliation<br>
Endorsed on every side<br>
Enforced by unassailable bonds<br>
A silent network of affection<br>
Induction to a secret world assured<br>
On cloudy green Indiana water<br>
Tradition rich with arcane terminology<br>
Antique technologies and rituals combined<br>
Techniques to be passed down or lost to history<br>
This is your birthright, boy!<br>
Masculine prerogatives to be instilled<br>
The skill to kill and to survive<br>
License to inflict pain<br>
To disembowel and skin and kill again<br>
Or exercise the luxury of mercy<br>
To be a man is to know when and why<br>
To understand imperatives<br>
And to enjoy them while maintaining a buzz<br>
But Grampa<br>
Watch and catch, boy!<br>
Watch and catch<br>
&nbsp;</p>
<p>Sitting in the proud old boat<br>
Of creaking boards<br>
A single oar<br>
Listening to oft-repeated maxims and self-hypnotic poetry<br>
Retired milkman in the winter of his life<br>
Projecting on the modern world his own delusion<br>
Inducing with the zip of line a transportation<br>
To the muddy water of a simple time<br>
Of solid structures and respect<br>
When they stayed on their side<br>
And it was yes sir no sir<br>
And when you told ‘em breng a beer, boy, it got brung!<br>
But Grampa<br>
Watch and catch, boy!<br>
Watch and catch<br>
&nbsp;</p>
<p>Sitting in the proud old boat<br>
Of creaking boards<br>
The day wore on<br>
And patience was a virtue highly praised<br>
That and silence and they spring<br>
From the knack to suffer heat and dehydration<br>
And a love of insects and warm chicken salad<br>
But we’ll forego the silence<br>
For stories of the triumphs of a bygone era<br>
Of a life upon a lake and a house three stories tall<br>
And a family of generations<br>
Impressive references to obscure relations with familiar names<br>
And frequent invocations of nature and of God’s creations<br>
It’s all around us at the water’s edge<br>
Where the beer cans float into the branches<br>
But Grampa<br>
Watch and catch, boy!<br>
Watch and catch<br>
&nbsp;</p>
<p>Sitting in the proud old boat<br>
Of creaking boards<br>
A single oar<br>
Implement enough to push us back to shore<br>
To the reality that summer had only just begun<br>
An endless line of weekends floating<br>
On the algae-laden scum<br>
It’s just the way it was when I was young<br>
I spent my weekends with my grandad<br>
Learning me to hook the catfish<br>
Upstate where they swim in swarms<br>
Tomorrow we can work the other end up near the mill<br>
And breng in a twelve pounder<br>
And what a fight that was<br>
A story for another day<br>
You’ll understand<br>
For now it’s getting late<br>
And twenty miles of road await<br>
With one unsteady shaking hand fishing for ignition keys<br>
The other tilted up the lid behind the seat<br>
Producing the last aluminum beer can<br>
But Grampa<br>
Watch and catch, boy!<br>
Watch and catch &nbsp;</p>
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@cryptosharon · Apr 16 '18

$0.05

This is a beautiful poem. Sometimes I find it rough, but that is part of the aesthetics. Sometimes it seems like it could be a song with a merry  rhythm. And it carries what I would call a fleeting thematic air, easy to break in its thinness, but when read complete without the real world's interruptions, the world it creates (together with the image at the beginning) is very vivid, solid and kinetic.

👍 mdbrantingham

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@mdbrantingham · Apr 16 '18

Yes, I left the language rough like grandpa and our old boat.

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@matthewmunseyart · Apr 20 '18

$0.06

The cadence in which this develops is very nice! It’s nice to see people posting interesting fiction on this site, thanks for the read man, I’ll be sure to watch out for more!

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