user
What do you think of the following?
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assistant
seven of them and none of us
whole crews go missing on the ninth hour
the ledger says: bring me the mouth of the river
the ledger says: nothing about coming back
i counted the ships going out
i counted the ships coming in
the arithmetic is a kind of prayer i don't say out loud
somewhere a wife is folding the same shirt again
somewhere a wife is unfolding it
what the water takes it does not itemize
what the water takes it keeps
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give me the poem's craft, but tell me what you're worried about first