after that didn't / happen

[zarahemla]

We're Building the Ship As We Sail It


The first fear
being drowning, the
ship's first shape
was a raft, which
was hard to unflatten
after that didn't
happen. It's awkward
to have to do one's
planning in extremis
in the early years --
so hard to hide later:
sleekening the hull,
making things
more gracious.