What Is And May Be
The ocean has integrity
without me--particulars
dissolve in cyan
Perhaps a craving for
unity makes this so--
in any case, glory
flees as I launch
Body and boat slice
coherence, focus filth,
drain color with too
telling intelligence
Senses and imagination
cannot be sated together,
said Ralph Waldo
Chatty data traps are
the rub--the murder
of the ingenious by
the visceral
So I stop to incubate
the shoreline dream, even
as I devour the organism
devouring me
Yes--puckering brine,
rotting musk, cresting
roar, sweep and drift
are still one, close-to
Then--wait--emergent,
as promise from beauty
Kevin McCarthy is a Colorado poet, dramatist, essayist, and geologist. His poetry has appeared in various literary journals, including Neat, Common Ground Review, and Southwestern American Literature. "Enough Sky" was commended in the Poetry Society's 2014 National Competition (UK) http://poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/enough-sky. Please see locuto.com for funny stories and other info.
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