Ship of Thoughts
Bradbury received the news
via radio broadcast
while on working-holiday in the
Tierra del Fuego archipelago
According to initial reports
a small plane had apparently
been hit by lightning
and crashed into the
sea off Cape Horn
The American put down his pen
and reckoned with the grayness outside his window
Earlier in the day
he had communications with the Ship
and as usual
thoughts were exchanged
possibilities
characters
plots
but this time
there were unusual gaps in the transmission
an odd frequency
and foreboding to the particles received
Bradbury feared the plane
was actually his beloved
Ship of Thoughts
that had been swallowed
by the brine
Now that Maggie had gone
this Ship was his muse
writing was all he had
and it was drowning
Bradbury cried into his empty room
for Maggie
then hired a fishing boat
to bring him to the misfortune
