Sail on sailor, overflowing the novel
A hapless protagonist leaps from the story
Bounding over words like a spawning salmon
Jumping over metaphors, grabbing an allegory
Closing his story and fading into slumber
Not for long, he emerges from a feverish dream
A rascal, bolting from one misadventure to another
Disappearing in a heartbeat on the tail of the jet stream
He never means goodbye when he vanishes
Don’t let doubt pass over your lips
As sure as the Earth goes round
You’ll be illuminated in the next eclipse
No such thing as farewell
Gone, but he will not disappear
Space bends time backward
Fate will redeposit him here
He escapes only by dumb luck
Not smarts, just shameless guile
The wick burns his excuses away
Seductively behind that wily smile
Life is full of hello and adieu
Over and over, his mouth goes dry
Any words are only silent sounds
He tries, but only his eyes say goodbye
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