slow boat to china

there's not a bone

in my

body

that wants to own a boat.

i like

the water.

but i don't want

to work

all day to get from point

b

to point a.

let's take a drive,

then a dip.

dry off and find a place

to eat

and sit

without the sway of water,

the waft

of salt,

the threat of rain,

or drowning.