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I was the mermaid your old lover

Posted on February 8, 2007.

 

For  S. B.

I was the mermaid your old lover

diving in waters that closer

bloom into color

fishes striped and curvy

wet, taunting, slippery as your
body

We speak of our common need of
the sea.

 

I was the mermaid your old lover

trading secrets of the blue

for my sole chance to kiss you

I seep in your land dweller’s
dreams

soothed by waves of longing

 

I was the mermaid your old lover

you touch my fins, i groan in song

and grow the legs to come

as over the hungry water I run

to the waiting edge of one

 

I was the mermaid your old lover

I tasted salt and breathed it in

and swam  up the shore’s shouting wind

and in the unfathomable lore

there in your arms

I drown incessantly 

 

 

february 7 2007

 

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