The following is a poem I wrote about a captain without direction, a leader without vision, and ship without a rudder…
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The motion of an arc
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Drawing half-moons with no illumination
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Possessing direction; lacking purpose
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Possessing momentum; lacking vision
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Like a captain taking decision
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“Full steam”
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Directing a crowd of anxious passengers
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Toward no point
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Only the invisible headdress belies
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His bullish determination
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To press on
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To slice through waves
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The pressing sound of kinetic energy
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Like electrified cotton wool
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Slotted behind the eardrums
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Making it impossible to avoid
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To duck
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To dodge
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The plowing power of the pendulum
