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VINYL nor digital can convey the haunting, melancholy beauty coursing through the ocean currents, shivering from face to
FLUKE, reaching out through the orca-orbits for the comfort of companionship, mournful melodies
TAKEN from the sunless depths to the drums’ rhythm set by percussive breaches at the surface.
QUELL your un-wonder in the salty waters where… Continue reading George and Gracie
FLUKE, VINYL, QUELL, TAKEN
CREST of hill beckons up above, in the air and light beyond,
PRIZE for my labored trek up, begun down-hearted, trailing
MONTH of vexation and scarce attention, yet now,
LEAST encumbered moment, remembering it all can be set aside.
CREST of the boar-helm shimmers gold:
PRIZE from the then-enemy, now chariot-cargo.
MONTHs turned into years as the siege bore on, but the
LEAST of these walls shield twenty more just like him.
CREST, PRIZE, MONTH, LEAST
FAINT, I might, if I were the fainting type, at your exceptionally
OVERT and unsubtle suggestion that I should think of a
REFIT for this more than somewhat unseaworthy, and possibly a little geriatric,
KAYAK. Bloke I maybe, but I know you do it out of love.
REFIT after nearly scuppered by the ferry,
FAINT wavy blue a bad idea, now color schemed
OVERT–bright orange, with lights and air horn at hand,
KAYAK saying “look at me”, or, rather, “steer past”.
OVERT warnings ignored, their voices
FAINT over the roar of the rapids; the battered
KAYAK chauffeured toward the falls:
REFIT the least of all concerns.
REFIT, FAINT, OVERT, KAYAK
CLOUD meanders over the sunshot field; good
REHAB for a man of my years and modest wisdom;
WHINE away – yes, I do – along with the bee and
THORN bird, impaled as he or I might be, in the heart.