on a cruise
down the Aegean Sea
when she took a swing at me
in a restaurant.
i was able to duck the punch
but then
she disappeared and hid
herself on the ship.
it took hours to find her
as the crew looked overboard
in case she had leaped into
the water.
she forgot to bring her meds
along. serious meds,
on this voyage, so she kind
of lost it for a while.
there was no way to reach
her psychiatrist back in
new york.
i slept with a butter knife
clutched in my hand when
we went to bed,
as she tossed and turned
and muttered something
in Latin beside me.
but by the photos everything
looked peachy.
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