still

the water continued to deepen, and the tide grew stronger. i was going under -- fast. it seemed such a foregone conclusion, that i began to feel the peace said to overcome one drowning. mon dieu, enter the hired sharks! it's been an exhausting period of playing "my lawyer is better than your lawyer". shocking too, to see incompetency so clearly and quickly demonstrated, and watch the furious backstroke, when faced with even a glimpse of that fin.

with a few grand and some legalese, i've gotten a life preserver. the swimming leg of my personal ironman is not yet finished, but it's sunday. even piranhas take the day off.today i'll remain still and float in quiet. the whistle will blow again tomorrow.