Would the humans come for this tremendous thing they had lost?

July 1, 2024 1:29 AM

The ship waited. The cars waited. The starfish and sea cucumbers waited, but in the meantime, they explored the smooth surfaces of the ship and the cars. They crawled over the charred flanks and squeezed into the seams of doors and trunks and hoods. An octopus took refuge in the underbelly of a Bentley. The metal and fiberglass and plastic, the wires and buttons and glass belonged to the sea creatures now. from Felicity Ace Falls Over & Sinks, Tuesday, 9am by Shena McAuliffe [Speculative Nonfiction]

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posted by chavenet (2 comments total)

links out about how creatures begin inhabiting human detritus in the ocean (as well as within the original story) are hopeful; reminds me of another ship, closer to shore:
there’s something poignant about the wreck, something post-apocalyptic in the decay, as if the Atlantus were a holdout from an alternate history, when the concrete ships ushered in a new age in sea travel [Cape May magazine]
posted by HearHere at 3:52 AM on July 1

BTW there are a bunch of those concrete ships, “the concrete fleet,” at Kiptopeke Beach on the southern Delmarva; they serve as breakwaters and nesting platforms for shore birds.
posted by kinnakeet at 5:59 AM on July 1 [1 favorite]