Friday, 30 August 2013

Waiting at Crossharbour


They're out 
sailing tonight.

Separated,
they jerk their heads
underneath the sail
to communicate.
Fidgets,

they've got the fidgets.
Constantly
switching sides.
Tying and loosening.

Running it all through
their hands.
They balance,
they plan.

Everything's
moving.

Planes flying low,
like they're really full.
Big bellies,
bulbous.

White butterflies 
on soil-
the sails collect together,
flutter over ripples
that look like a troop of pebbles
forever on the move beneath them.

I've got my sea legs on. 
Stained jeans 
from Andy's coffee 
a long time ago.

The sky 
looks like victory.



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