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Lifeguarding

Lifeguarding seems easy until you learn

how to do it

properly.

 

Every five seconds,

I count heads:

sometimes there is one or two 

that I do not see

exiting

the pool.

I panic, and scan the pool

once more.

 

A new headcount.

 

If someone were to die

silently,

tragically,

lonely,

I wouldn\'t be able to

stand myself.

 

It is stressing,

yet easy,

yet hard,

yet important

yet . . .

 

The list goes on

and on.

 

It\'s hard being a lifeguard,

but it\'s even harder being a lifeguard on land.