The River Between Us (2001)
drainedinto an ocean yousaid lookedlike skin --
skinwith a surfaceunbroken bythe wake
of my currentbodysinking slowlyin sheets.
Slowly oceans rise.Birds' nests float like coronasBurnt into bruised halosFrom staring too long at the skyFor a branch or a limbTo hang on from sunken trees.Everything's under water now.Blood from inside the fleshHas seeped outside onto the backsOf turtles that drift like stepping stonesOver unstable wavesToward an insubstantial future.Dr. Mike
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Slowly oceans rise.
Birds' nests float like coronas
Burnt into bruised halos
From staring too long at the sky
For a branch or a limb
To hang on from sunken trees.
Everything's under water now.
Blood from inside the flesh
Has seeped outside onto the backs
Of turtles that drift like stepping stones
Over unstable waves
Toward an insubstantial future.
Dr. Mike
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