night landing at shinoussa


20 boxes of tomatoes
2 of beans
10 crates of carrots
5 of potatoes
8 coils of wire
2 boxes of probably 20 cartons each of 200
rekor cigarettes
7 cases of feta
2 beds with their mattresses
64 other assorted & unidentifiable packages
1 man
1 man met by a germanic looking lady in glasses

the fishingboat lurches against the ferry's steel wall.
what do they do over there in that featureless dark where
only one light flickers faithlessly?