16 May 2005

sailor's wife

when you are turning back
you are descending all the while
look straight ahead.

but instead HE finds himself
six thousand leagues below
counting earthworms
just seconds.

i wasn't afraid until...
what it did - the slipper's split
we were in the middle of the world !
the wreckage swirling in my hungry sea
broken into wavy pieces
and hungry for me !
never been burned unheard
landed badly
lord lady.

these sounds no doubt
a layer cake
we sleep where we lay
ready for a change
neatly arranged in stacks.

this mouse dystopia