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The Seabirds

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The scanner messed up the colors, which is a real pity. Tried my best to fix it, but the original is WAY better.
Watercolors.

Inspired by the song "The Seabirds", by the Triffids (here: [link])

No foreign pair of dark sunglasses
will ever shield you from
the light that pierces your eyelids,
the screaming of the gulls
Feeding off the bodies of the fish,
thrashing up the bay till it was red,
turning the sky a cold dark colour
as they circled overhead.

He swam out to the edge of the reef,
there were cuts across his skin,
saltwater on his eyes and arms,
but he could not feel the sting
There was no one left to hold him back,
no one to call out his name,
dress him feed him drive him home,
say "Little boy it, doesn't have to end this way"

He announced their trial separation,
and spent the night in a Park Beach Motel bed,
a total stranger lying next to him,
rain hitting the root hard over his head
She said "What's the matter now, lover boy,
has the cat run off with your tongue?
Are you drinking to get maudlin,
or drinking to get numb?"

He called out to the seabirds "Take me now,
I'm no longer afraid to die",
they pretended not to hear him,
just watched him with their hard and bright black eyes
They could pick the eye from any dying thing that lay within their reach,
but they would not touch the solitary figure
lying tossed upon the beach.

So, where were you?
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Make
HP
Model
HP psc1400
Date Taken
Dec 17, 2011, 6:26:28 PM
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