Damn the Torpedoes

It's comical

in that 2020s way

for a man

who's sought solace

in fiction and history

for the better part

of his life

to suddenly suspect

that this could be 

that necessary part of the tale

seven-eighths through

in which the snow globe's shaken

so hard that it falls

from a weary grip

but the water's retained

since it didn't shatter

this time.