THE STUFF

“Let us take the stuff,” the boy said.
the sardines
the gear
the mast
the wooden box
the gaff
the harpoon
the stern
the club
the big
fish

take the sail
and the heavy lines

the boy
was made of
flattened, overlapping leaves

UP WITH THE SUNRISE

I
thought

maybe he will
come up with the moon. maybe
he will come up with the sunrise

But He
never changed his course

after the sun went down
he stood up and urinated
at the stars

GALANOS

1.)
The sea and the sky
They were both ga-
lanos

the two closed together

brought down heavy and slamming
broad rubbery in and out
and in again with jaws wide

2.)
slipped away to swallow
Come on, galano

3.)
I could have hurt them both badly
I bat with two hands

Note: these are erasure poems from Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea.

Sara Adams is a Montessori teacher in Portland, OR. Her first chapbook, Think Like a B (SOd Press), is a collection of erasure poems from Donald Trump's book Think Like a Billionaire. She has two other forthcoming chapbooks: Poems for Ivan (Porkbelly Press) and Western Diseases (dancing girl press). She has work in publications such as DIAGRAM and Queen Mob's Teahouse. Her site is www.kartoshkaaaaa.com