The Bottle
Part 3
A child stands motionless.
He holds a bottle in his hands.
There's a ship in the bottle.
He stares at it with eyes
that do not blink.
He wonders where a tiny ship
can sail to if it is held
prisoner in a bottle.
Fifty years from now you will
find out, Captain Martin,
for the sea (large as it is)
is only another bottle.
źródło: Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork
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tekst z archiwum "american dust" (brautiganarchives.xyz); z tomu "Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork" (Simon and Schuster, 1976)
11.06.2026