I am adrift in the Sea of Virginia
my little boat The Phantom Skin
is now run out of gas
All around me
are those who know more than I
do about James Dickey
one (Amanda)
even lives in the house where he
grew up.
I wonder which of them
is the Sheep-Child masquerading.
(the lamprotoxu circle the boat)
I wait
for a savior to pass
the time I play myself
a little game
who is
the Sheep-Child? The only
way to find out is to uncover
Him, pare away His mask
I lie in the boat when they find me the only survivor of the wreck of The Phantom Skin in a red lifeboat they find me and ask me who survived the wreck I say no one