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| no only feathers and exhalations a cormorant leaves the sea sea falls from its feet you stop talking about the evolution of the phonograph you kneel fill your hand with water & sand the wind fills your mouth with hair the sea fills the hollow made by your hand your skirt absorbs the sea until you stand removing hair from your mouth you say: the beach is not diminished. & in dry sand you bury wet you feel the slime of weed between your fingers the cormorant waits on a rock removing hair again from your mouth you say: don't hold that stick it's been in a mongrel's mouth don't hold that stick & then touch my face. the cormorant leaves the rock to your left & disappears into the water the sea has stopped dripping from your skirt the flesh on your arms is lifted by small hairs your mouth is dry apparently & your lips do not move easily over your teeth the sea is behind you now & you say: there are no caves here no red stones made of glass no carrion crows or objet d'art only 3 shoes on a rock & 1 fallen |
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