HMS Poetry

Assume I fold a poem

that like a paper boat

I intend to float

what does this mean

but as an anchor

weighs only whatever

it would happen to

just when it’s dropped

overboard our craft

to the waves and below

the body of the water

past what of the hull

juts to keep us dry

and strikes that bed

a mariner knows lies

at a reachable distance

assuming our reading

charts of destination

harbors is correct

all we can do’s project

how far before when

the line will run out

holding ground