water—
an absent embrace
everywhere
water—
an absent embrace
everywhere
wings greater
than expected—a reach
equal to air
gesturing
a request—empty palm and
half-light dimming
late sun—golden
king—drunken and slumped against
an hour’s wall
there words
bruise their dock—currents
contrary
what if
the beach were no border and
waves unechoed?
odd dominion, this
arrival of lost air, this
memory at last
morning planted,
hours’ stations planted—sun
clinging to the rails
physicists see
so much space—gaps in every
solid
imagine someone
grunting at a wheel to make
heaven move so