Plungers

We dreaded oceans
(never swam)

yet yesterday
we leapt
within

drowning
fears
decisively

amused
two shark fins circled me;

then whales ingested everything.

Some die to live intrepidly.




Plungers © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.

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28 words (prompt limit).  Losing Fear / Gaining Life brevity challenge prompt - link: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2761069-28-words-or-less---less-afraid---RUDY-FRANC-noguest
Submitted: September 22, 2020









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