Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Sailor
and mermaid
the sea splshes seaweed brown and churning
foaming white; brine crawling around
the boots of the sailor soaked in sunburnt
depths- the bleached white of his uniform
is tickled with the gyrating salt of
water as he plunders the mermaid
plucked out from the bottom of the sea
where no pirates will contest this naked
ambition no matter the nets and cannons-
conquests are myths debunked; where strong
arms and hearts are forged. as gills give up
she struggles in his arms but halts
and never return to sea again. but to dirt
soft and moist- her final peace arresting.
cuRRent...jer ¶ 11:12 am
and mermaid
the sea splshes seaweed brown and churning
foaming white; brine crawling around
the boots of the sailor soaked in sunburnt
depths- the bleached white of his uniform
is tickled with the gyrating salt of
water as he plunders the mermaid
plucked out from the bottom of the sea
where no pirates will contest this naked
ambition no matter the nets and cannons-
conquests are myths debunked; where strong
arms and hearts are forged. as gills give up
she struggles in his arms but halts
and never return to sea again. but to dirt
soft and moist- her final peace arresting.
cuRRent...jer ¶ 11:12 am
