Shorebound adjustable whose knowledge grew in silence

whose knowledge grew in silence

let this poncho be your companion on a journey of magic and wonder

though that much is already known

it behaved as expected — softening

hiding inside treasure chests

Shorebound adjustable whose knowledge grew in silenceIts made on the last evening before departure, when the ship is already loaded and the ropes have been checked twice over. Someone sits on an overturned crate near the waterline, working the links together by hand, slow and deliberate, while the others move around them in the half light. The small octopus is added last, its shape pressed into place as if it belongs to the chain more than anything else does. Its for you, one of them says, not looking