The Beach
We find the lovers on the beach
We have placed them there
They draw the water over themselves
like a duvet
One will touch the other’s hair
with wonder
They think of the ocean
pulling the world apart like taffy
If the earth dropped out
their entwined bodies would fall
with stunning velocity
Heavy statues
plummeting through deep space
They tell each other
about how all things will halt
Also about how things will go on
in a way they imagine
They have seen the sun clamber up
to its perch in the dunk tank
They will bring a blanket around their
pressed together shoulders
The beach will get up with them when they leave
Ah, yes, love and lovers know all the rules, even the rules of chaos and falling through space.
ReplyDeleteI had some trouble with "will get up with them" (I was hearing "catch up" and even "get even with" -- so I wonder if a simple "rise" would do?