stream of consciousness I

i once saw a ghost, i once made love in the sea, i once swam with piranhas, although maybe i do this more often than i realise, you came back from a trip and started another one, one that would eventually end another one, time, timing, timed. i was last in the race because i couldn't hear...there'd been a false start, they needed to start again, i was half way to the end line already, they finally stopped me (a woman frantically beating a flip-flop against the side of the pool?), the race started again, but i'd already used up all my energy. i came last. i never raced again.