Starfish
The stellar sea crawler, maw
Concealed beneath, with offerings of
Prismed crimson now darkened, now like
The smile of slag,┬░ a thing made rosy
As poured ingots, or suddenly dimmed —
I appreciate the studious labour
Of your rednesses, the scholarly fragrance
Of your sex. To mirror tidal drifts
The light ripples across or to enhance darkness
With palpable tinctures, dense as salt.
You crumple like a puppet's fist
Or erect, bristling, your tender luring barbs.
Casual abandon, like a dropped fawn glove.
Tensile symmetries, like a hawk's claw.
You clutch the seafloor.
You taste what has fallen.
" Star fish " from Coastlines by Eric Ormsby. Copyright ┬® 1992 by Eric Ormsby. Used by Permission of ECW Press, Toronto, Canada.
Concealed beneath, with offerings of
Prismed crimson now darkened, now like
The smile of slag,┬░ a thing made rosy
As poured ingots, or suddenly dimmed —
I appreciate the studious labour
Of your rednesses, the scholarly fragrance
Of your sex. To mirror tidal drifts
The light ripples across or to enhance darkness
With palpable tinctures, dense as salt.
You crumple like a puppet's fist
Or erect, bristling, your tender luring barbs.
Casual abandon, like a dropped fawn glove.
Tensile symmetries, like a hawk's claw.
You clutch the seafloor.
You taste what has fallen.
" Star fish " from Coastlines by Eric Ormsby. Copyright ┬® 1992 by Eric Ormsby. Used by Permission of ECW Press, Toronto, Canada.
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