oh the water

used to glint

like

a dove's wing

so i

dove under

under

stand me

lichen licked

stones

copper coined

fish

sing

to my

shelled shucked

heart

which

clings

clings

clings

to love

the bell-throat

of the ocean

clams

clams

clams

the boat is

the gull is

the land is

and i am