we gathered up our worldly goods stole off in the dark as quickly as we could you were quieting the baby down when we came to the dock on the outskirts of town and looking back we saw china shrinking to the size of a coin and then we saw water everywhere when we climbed on board they tied our things together with electrical cord and then we set sail as we held on tight to the cold iron rail and i apologize but i don t know what i love more you next to me there or the receding shore we stood there in the cold and the baby was six months old we were passing him back and forth when a cold familiar wind came down from the north and looking back we saw china shrinking to the size of a coin and then we saw water everywhere