Human: Write a detailed description of a melancholy scene outside a boat dock with dead reeds, hummocks, and branches. Assistant: 
Waterlogged clumps of dead reeds and branches, stripped of their bark and bleached white by the sun, toss amidst the darkling waves like dead men's bones given new life in the murky water. Some will drift together and be caught in the weeds to form one of the floating hummocks which dot the lake. Most will simply sink and join the uncharted obstacles beneath the surface.