When a fish swims on an inland sea
we can go no farther than the nearest shore
because there are no other shipwrecks
other than the ones we are on.
How many shells will it take to build up this reef?
How many palm leaves will it take to calm the wind?
Is there an edge to this wave?
In the rainy season fill all the bathtubs with gin
and wait for the storm to pass.
6/27/1986
Write a poem from a first line by another poet
I chose Roethke's line: "in a bleak time when a week of rain is a year…"
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