Empty, what is my purpose? I guess my original purpose is still here; I could be refilled with a different fluid, but he crushed me down and put the cap back on. Who is going to blow me back up and refill me with a delicious tea, soda, or even water? This feeling of aimlessness, I guess that is what humans feel all the time – worthless. Oh well, there is still hope that I can be reused. Maybe it is time to travel?
Oh those questions, I never realized how naive I was until I began traveling. With a fateful toss, I was off on my journey to California. I don’t understand how humans can make me, an unsinkable ship, but cannot do it on a massive scale. As I drifted, I saw so many large vessels get swallowed by Poseidon, but I kept going. Perhaps, because I became useful to the vengeful God’s constituents. Barnacles, they loved me! And I carried them along on my travels. Yea, parts of me were dislodged and ended up in the belly of tuna, sharks, and even birds of the sky, but I was mostly intact and able to float.
Now, at the end of my life as one thing, I look back at my time in California as too short. But, what was I to do? Someone grabbed me, threw me into a plastic sack (choking off the beautiful sun), and then set me aside for another volunteer to collect. A huge squall came in, they all quickly retreated as my bag was ruptured, and I found myself back in the water. I waved goodbye, and then ended up here, where the last parts of me are dissipating like tea in a teacup.
Soon, all of me will be part of something much larger than myself – I can’t wait! My bonds are stronger than any human, and I last for way longer than any mere mortal; so I know I will travel more than anyone can ever dream. Another piece has just been chipped away by a grouper, but I am still there decomposing but never disappearing.
As I finally leave my engineered form and enter into the world of nature, I have to thank humanity. Without you, I wouldn’t be in a sushi restaurant getting a soy sauce bath, flying in an albatross to meet her lover, aboard five airlines in various capacities, passing the large intestines of an overweight man who only eats mahi mahi, bouncing around the stomach of a child who ate a tuna salad sandwich, and seeing every imaginable part of the sea. So, thank you all for helping me travel the world – seriously, thank you!