A Wave Big Enough To Slow The World

On Tides and Streams and Sea-Sicky Things

Okay, next time I’m definitely going to need a bigger boat.

A wave slides under the hull and shoulders it skywards, canting the whole ship into a corkscrew-like roll. I grab the handrail and make a strangled noise.

“Isn’t this fun?” says my partner M, who seems just fine on boats in a strong swell.

“Yes. Oh yes. Fun. ”

I’m pouting. The sheer indignity of a…