Admiralty Flaws

“I understand now that boundaries between noise and sound are conventions. All boundaries are conventions, waiting to be transcended. One may transcend any convention if only one can first conceive of doing so.”-David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

Admiralty Flaws

I'm convening a meeting

To these conventions

Let's gather on board

To flip the ship

The ship's script

To convoke or to choke

On this upside down

Where we're navigating

Treacherous waters

To stay afloat on meaning

Meaning what?

We can't get wet

Or we'll break a sweat

From all this anxiety

And we're still had and safe

Saving face...

So we are not touched by the waters

And then we ask the question

The who...

Who says how

They all take a bow

The what...

What says why

Don't lie, don't lie, don't lie

In order not to choke

We poke, cut the rope

Pulling the plank for honesty

And honestly

Water is GOOD

Weep and gnash burn that ass

Walking your own plank

Jump in, fresh

All the best is yet to be had

Of life, of living...

Of truth, of swimming

We don't need the damn boat

So peace to this convention

It's my conviction

To take a dive on under

And switch you right side up

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