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Honorable Mention
Bab Al Mandab
Julius (Michael Sottak)

through the straits
that boil from northern deserts
sweep down until the horizon
is black below stars and later
the moon rises to an unctuous grin
on a shallow arc above holy land
where oil is Eve
and Adam bequeathed centuries
of sons to kill
in the name
of prophets

rigs spark across water
the wind carries their stench
down the seam of continents

the lookout is recalled
from the sand blistering gale
to the saftey of the wheelhouse

never thanks the mate
picks up binoculars
without words

they search the channel
for lights

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