The End of An Expedition to Burma

And floating
face down in
a river the color
of a clay tennis court.
The color of the muddy banks.
It is monsoon season
so the water is
very high,
the water is at a very high level.
Shot through the head!
I was shot through the head.
A bullet separated
the buck teeth
from my mouth.
My hair is
crunchy with blood,
and my skin
floats off in
strips.  I can
feel it in
the heat,
I am about to die.
I find myself immobile
And floating
face down in a river.