Dive
Tank
Just close the valve.
The night boat is cancelled. In the dive-shop fill room, a married dive master will not put down the regulator. “Just close the valve.” Walk out the dock door and the fill is over.
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About this work
The night boat is cancelled. The shop floor is already dark. Only the fill room is left, metal tanks and neoprene. Minchae is the dive master. Wet waves, firm calves, the wetsuit peeled to her waist. A ring on her left hand. Her husband is boating another island.
“Just close the valve.” Walk out the dock door and the night ends as a closed fill. Stay, and it stops being only a valve.
Characters
- MinchaeDive master · fill tech · married
- MeNarrator · cancelled night-dive guest
- HusbandBoating another island · mentioned
