20K - John Vanderslice

In the hold, it was warm and close

We were packed skin to skin

I did my best to hold on to the window

As the captain called steady as she goes

Cold light under the sea

Dive slow, dive deep

A giant squid lunged at the submarine

As the sonar pinged and pinged

Four-zero fathoms I could see

There was a world hidden from me

Cold light under the sea

Dive slow, dive deep

From childish tropes in glass bottom boats

Cypress groves west of Jacksonville

We piled in my car and struck out for the coast

To drink the shine off the waves at Daytona