Tethered Vessel

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I dreamed I had

a boat on a leash�"

strange, because moments before,

I had it in the ocean,

fishing off the starboard side.

My nephew was with me.

He got us lost.

We dragged that boat

all over Ventura,

searching for the marina.

The longer the boat stayed on the leash,

the smaller it became.

Pretty soon it was just a toy,

a poisoned dog

we threw in the trash.

Author's Note

Just uploaded a new long-form poetry reading on YouTube.

Featuring work from Aluminum Cowboys and a preview from my upcoming book Searching for Nod (coming November). New reading, new selections, same simple at-home format.

Watch here:
https://youtu.be/kxOye9wk3Xg

Books on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Thomas-W.-Case/author/B0CL2RKDGX?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=xsU45&content

Appreciate you being here.

Reviews

[Pete]

great analogies. reminds me of my teen years going out fishing with my neighbor for the day. puking over the side of the boat until i got sea legs. i remember the feeling of not being quite sure where we were and how to get back - that alone will rock you and make you feel like vomiting.

[Thomas W Case]

sure will. Thanks, Pete.

[red93]

Very interesting Work Thomas, complex and profound. Really Excellent ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[Thomas W Case]

Thanks. Much appreciated.

[keith]

i've spent a third of my life traveling the high seas of this here hurling rock.
best days of my life ... so far

[Thomas W Case]

Thanks, my friend.

[Michael Sun Bear]

I hate those dreams, nightmares really, of searching, searching, searching for a destination and never finding it. For you a marina. For me, more often than not, a men’s restroom. I wander an alien city or the basement bowels of my old college campus, desperate to pee. At least in my dreams I have no nephew that I must entertain, no nephew misdirecting the search. I need not dream in metaphors nor similes; I’m just a guy who really needs to pee.

[Thomas W Case]

tHANK YOU, MY FRIEND.

[Soren]

A wonderful write of growth and development where what was once needed is no longer and can be discarded. You are free to sail without it. Nicely done Thomas

[Thomas W Case]

Thanks, old friend.

[Soren]

You are always most welcome Thomas

[John the Baptist]

I'm no shrink, but it sounds as though the boat is symbolic of something important in your life. At first you had it under control, fishing in the ocean. Then you needed a leash as you searched for a marina. The longer the boat was on the leash, the smaller it got, until it got to be the size of a toy, after which you threw it in the trash. It seems to me this dream is about the loss of something important, a disappointment. You will receive my bill for counseling shortly.

[Thomas W Case]

lol. Spot on. You are fantastic.

[Neville]

Wowzers .. now there you go see what you made me do .. I've never said or posted wowzers before, so it must be bloomin good, if not even better .. write on brother T .. N 😎👍

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend. I appreciate you.