and then
the stranded icebreaker looks
and it looks
no ice was ever broken, here,
they're just cramps in the sheets
over hungry crew
who whisper their secrets to each other because
those hungry fewer
their tales of unseen passages, here,
their wonder trade
for shrieking birds
for penguins and seagulls
it's good cover, here,
white bellies unbroken
where the sun never sets
it just bounces right off