“Be loving to him. Because he’s only a little boat looking for a harbor.”

“She loved him not only in spite of but because he himself was incapable of love.”

“Seek opportunity, not security. A boat in the harbor is safe, but in time its bottom will rot out.”

“The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over the harbor and city
on silent haunches, and then moves on.”

“You know, my dad knew a guy who used to work on boats. I loved him. Sadly, he drowned one night on lake Gosser with his friend who was secretly a queer. They did a little more than fishing that night and then proceeded to sink the boat as an act of love. That scallywag was my good ol pops and his cousin Jonny.”

“Sail through the sea of sad faces with love.
Love. Love for everyone.
Drift like a little boat on a wave.”

“Friends are supposed to act like harbor boats—let you know if you’re off course. But it ain’t always possible…”

“A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing, since adventurers come into it as well as go out, and the life in it grows strong, because it takes something from the world, and has something to give in return.”

“A Boat

O beautiful
was the werewolf
in his evil forest.
We took him
to the carnival
and he started
crying
when he saw
the Ferris wheel.
Electric
green and red tears
flowed down
his furry cheeks.
He looked
like a boat
out on the dark
water.”

“At age 70 the guy towed 70 boats carrying 70 people across the Long Beach harbor, with both arms and feet shackled.”