skyscraper shore
engine drum
your quiet seat
engine drum
rain pats the ocean
engine drum
city big ship lights
engine drum
I want to find you in the cold wind channel
but all the waves are going the other way
I never see who is driving me home
Photo: Jordan Ferry, Hong Kong
Text: 'Taking this Big Ferry' is from my book, 'Delicate Access'
I used to take two ferries to get to my home. Slow, wide, wooden seats, open to ocean wind. The photograph records the first ride, on an old vehicular ferry, which used to run from Jordan District to Central District. The poem is set on the second one, from Central District to my carless island, fifty-minutes away, the engine soothing, the captain always unseen.
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