Bottom of the Sea

 

The city sits at the bottom of the sea,

the water’s weight bearing down like

the world on the shoulders of Atlas 

but without the benefit of being a Titan.

He was punished for leading a war

against the Olympian gods for con-

trol of the heavens and I have been 

feeling pretty rebellious myself due 

to the frustration of not really knowing 

my place in the big scheme of things

which is not unlike drowning, honestly.

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