I want to take a cruise ship ride
but I fear my trip will be unfulfilling
due to catatonia for the duration
brought on by excess contemplation
from the time the ship leaves dock.

TV shows, movies, and standup tell it,
but ad commercials collectively miss the point
by not mentioning you’re in the middle
of a gi-normous body of water
that freezes you in less than eight minutes
(I saw it in a movie too)
that Titanic went down in a big ass
body of water like this, and when she sank
any who didn’t paddle far enough away
in their little dingy lifeboats
got sucked down too.

Hypnosis and courage would kick in
hopefully
if I made it to dry land again
and help to return me to myself.

A cruise is not in the cards for me
not today at any rate.