Sailboat

Contributor: Nate Maye

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They put me at the wheel,
big mistake, and let me guide
them to the shore, but we
never made it that far, my
hands spinning, the wind
invisible and unpredictable,
going in endless circles on
the water, dizzying, maddening,
and worst of all shameful.


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Nate Maye is new to poetry. He studies literature, watches more television than he should, and is from Texas.