F.

he drowned

swimming-

drowning-

words changing
when states
change like
chemistry
but unlike
chemistry he
is rotted by
stagnant
grammar
the small
sign posts
of correct.
he died in
pale blue
the water
like sick skin
without breath
and sunk down
to roll sweet
with lakeweed.
In private
silence,
the end
like autonomy,
the mastery of
concise.