the boatman

With her voice she seduced the boatman,
and together they toured the land of the dead.
No more insanity would ever flee freely
across the nameless lagoon.
Pilgrims of boredom would stock on the shore,
the newcomers piling up on top of the elders.

photo taken from the ferry from Vancouver to Nanaimo, in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (2008)