Sea Legs
I hope you have sea legs, my father said to me
as we got on a fishing boat in a small town
in Newfoundland. Sea legs, I thought,
how peculiar that person can measure
their ability to stand
while the ocean waves crash against the sides
keeping us afloat
In Italy, as the dock swayed
while l loaded my luggage onto the water-taxi
with a bald Venetian man
Sea legs, I thought
that's why I can stand.
My mother smiled over,
as I stood up and breathed in the Adriatic
In Toronto, the subway jerks to a stop
Sea legs, I thought,
that's why I can stand.
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