Tuesday, November 21, 2006

This story starts with rumours

The cargo, a load of cattle
shifted position

and the steamer lost balance.

A woman panicked by rushing water
and the rising horizon

locked herself in the washroom.

It sank near enough to shore
they could have been saved

swam to land like the rest.

They found her coat, dragged it
to the surface

thinking it was Iona.

Her body was found, caught on
the grappling hook

but lost by an unsteady hand.

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