Metabolism right for the brine, and gills)
Is not like the Pacific but moves to
Our outrage, shapes love even
On a rough tongue, sings us
To fine distractions when the waves
Are calm enough . May words evermore be
Only that enormous.
Fireplaces and Sailboats
Next time we build, we say,
the fire will burn
steady accomplishment one end
to the other, waste
prevented if we are,
careful because a fire
is a lot
of things of passage, conservings
so long as it glows
and our sails
never let the breeze
slip by. Timing
is not everything
but time
frames us because
we let it while the gulls
don't even ration joy,
have enough flight, are
