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Swimming

March 8, 2019
By Anonymous

One stroke, two stroke—staying afloat.

Heavy head bobbing, feet fleeting;

eyes weaken, trouble breathing;

awakened...on the cold cement;

Teacher scared and staring at me.

“Elijah, you almost drowned!”


The author's comments:

It's a Sijo (A Korean poetic form).


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