Unheralded,

the shark swims

up the bloodriver

The big man

fanged,

stem bitten.

Days pass before he

understands,

weeks before he walks,

months before he utters my name.

Circling,

the shark is undeterred.

The big man swims upstream

never quite arriving.

Fins brushing his legs.

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