Sunday, April 8, 2012

sandpaper sandpiper


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sandpaper sandpiper

it's rough i say,
rough. chasing this wave to ride
on apparitions of skin. the ocean had it fixed,
like usual. unlike my opposites, how we got
our names, i clean like clean will clean
it up. virgo is the name of the sky
sometimes. however like a fish

i am forever flapping around sacrificially
into the macro, feeding the micro
perfectly. will the piper
fit the sand with flawless feet & rhythm?
who chose the sand that stuck
to the paper? will it soften the right
edges, will it edge out the leftover

angles? these crevices are rough, i'd say,
just ask. these questions are rough, you say
by not answering.

you say sandpaper i say sandpiper
one is playing at the saline boundaries with abandon
one is softening surfaces of self houses with abrasion

but when i heard paper, i heard
promise, imagined sand in hair,
trips taken to the ocean and back,
no shoes, sun running. i imagined
dancing. actually, i heard
music.

i'd say, the sand is hot, you'd say
contradiction. not even
a pisces, you were taken in small
pieces and build into a body of mostly salt-
water. you simply brought sandpaper
and i packed for the beach. i was thinking
of places faraway and familiar, like
that look when first saying hello. go ahead,

i say, smooth away your old splinters.
go ahead, i sing, still a bird
pursuing an edge to keep me alive.
go ahead, i say, and you hear
scritch, scratch,
sandpaper. go away, you say,
and i hear
crash, splosh,
sandpiper.

4.7.12

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