“Work from pithy middle eye out, swimming in language sea.”
“Pithy.”
“He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.”
“She was a sea: and I had to swim in her.”
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”
“Just for you non-sea-god types out there, don't go swimming in New York Harbor. It may not be as filthy as it was in my mom's day, but that water will still probably make you grow a third eye or have mutant children when you grow up.”