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The Swimming Child

Our wise men want to call him Icarus. But he can’t be that Icarus. There are no melted wax wings, no vaunting ambition, just the salt crust on his face and limbs. Perhaps he did fall from the sky and no one heard his splash. Perhaps as the waves moved around him, like a brightContinue reading “The Swimming Child”

Posted byextrasimileMay 20, 2011May 21, 2011Posted inliteracyTags:Icarus, poetry, The Swimming Child8 Comments on The Swimming Child

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