Tuesday, March 26, 2013

swallowed the sun

Long Island Sound swallowed the sun eyes first

The sky turning an eerie blue

holding it's breath,

counting it's fingers

one by one.

...

The water was green from years of tin-cans,

Bathing in the sun-drenched water,

using the reflection to tan

as the waves weathered their wrinkles away.

...

I was thirteen when I saw the sun give up.

I found that broken coke bottle

smooth, translucent, a sage green.

...

It threw itself back into the ocean.

I didn't throw it.

...

It wanted to be back with the wedding rings,

and sun glasses,

and mermaid barbie-dolls

...

I didn't throw it.

...

It wanted to be back under The Sound,

Where only the eyes of the Sun could see.

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