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A Drowning Man

A Drowning Man
They say a drowning man relives his life.
How can I know I am not reliving mine as I drown?
It is, by logic, this time before death
When multitudinous neurons starve
in biologic capitulation.
If life is real, once over
It will seem a dream of something else,
And memory like sea lanterns extracted from depths will
rise and brighten then
Slip down through darkness, forever.

© Copyright, 1988, C. Marcus Parr.
All Rights Reserved. Printed By Permission.