Under the Water 1978Under the water a treasure lies
Under the surface down in the mud,
Under a tree trunk all mildewed with age,
And drawn to its glitter I swim and I dive
And even in dreaming I smile and I sigh.
For somewhere in history way back in my childhood
I lost and I buried a treasure superior
As I grew my body developed in error
I rode on the surface with cold tears and terror
Becoming a woman, no longer a boy,
And the man I envisioned sank under the waves
Like the Edmund Fitzgerald in pieces to cold graves;
Under the water a treasure lies hidden
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