Friday, 5 May 2023

Slipways

 Slipways

 

Like seaweed pulled from sand by tide

must claw his frail fronded hands; sigh

all’s too weak, covets limpet’s gluey grip,

thinks mussels who never can be ripped

want two fixed shells and clasp the other,

stretch out in steam to snatch lost lover.

Flambeed desert dust is blown and slips

winged on buried wind, aimless tripped

and lost grip, might ripple water’s skins

falling, flares briefly then drowns within,

beckons in, tumbles drunk and drinking

smoked draughts to cloud gone thinking.

Slipstream sideways held drifted rivers,

grabbed ocean currents never delivered

me to you my Angel or you my brother

who lived in me but slipped each other.


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