We fail to note
He’s in the boat
We fail to note
He’s in the boat
And slow the bobbing
Do you have
a strong mind?
I think I do,
I said, for
when I cast,
I cast far, but I
reel it back in.
Some, though,
once the hook sets,
give line
and the fish goes
and far
and they all go live
in the deep blue sea.
For Annegien
And for Phil Phillips
Before the question
and after the answer
two make love
in salt-sea air
But hints of fish did keep me there.
I felt their passing left and right,
‘lusive loves in starfish night.
Saltless
Sealess
Carrying nothing I might need
That Jules Verne would be there
came as no surprise,
but Jacques Cousteau?!
The sushi was lovely,
but the gin was watery
and hard to see.
in the sand
searching
for the one pebble
it couldn’t let go